GUNNISON

After concluding five days of negotiations with the local teachers’ union, the Gunnison Watershed School District Board of Directors approved an agreement to dip into the general fund balance by $2 million to fund a 9% increase in teacher and staff pay. That increase consists of two components. First, teachers will move up a step on the salary scale, which amounts to a 2% increase in pay. Second, the district will use money from its fund balance to raise the base salary by 7%. That wil...