The Peters Township School Board ratified a labor agreement with their clerical unit, paraprofessionals and bus drivers. The group was represented by the Peters Township Federation of Teachers and they agreed to a four year contract. Walt Michalski was the Chief Negotiator for the group, he said that they won 4% raises in each of the four years of the contract. The negotiations were characterized as long by both parties. According to Michalski, working on improvements to a tiered system of pay was very tedious but the union was able to revise a system that many times had an employee in a tier for up to ten years. Brad Rau, Business Manager for the school district said that they were able to achieve concessions on health benefit payments from the group. He stated that inflationary pressures have become extremely expensive for the district. The vote was 8-0 with one abstention by Rolf Briegel due to a possible conflict of interest. Both sides congratulated each other on what they both called a very fair contract for both sides. This deal combined with a five year deal with teachers back in July will bring the district labor peace for a good period of time.