Teachers, school board agree on 6.9% increase

Timber Lake teachers will receive a nearly seven percent increase in salary and benefits next school year after members of the Timber Lake Education Association and Timber Lake School Board reached agreement last week.

In a special session held after a brief negotiation, the school board voted last Monday, March 21, to a $2,250 increase in the base salary for teachers, raising it from $47,100 to $4…