The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees unanimously votes to ratify a four-year collective bargaining agreement between the school district and Teamsters Local 414, representing bus drivers. “Drivers’ wages will increase by 4% this year, consistent with teachers’ compensation,” the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports. “And the parties agreed to shorten the length of time needed for a driver to advance on the wage scale.” FWCS board members also unanimously approve an amendment to a three-year contract with Sodexo Services of Indiana that increases hourly rates for custodial staff for the upcoming school year, totaling nearly $11.6 million for the 2022-23 academic year. A provision in the contract allows for increases for inflation.
