Palomar Part-Timers Get Equity Pay Held By College Since 2001
Palomar College and its faculty union agreed Thursday that $2.8 million in state money aimed at boosting the pay of part-time teachers will be freed up, a move that clears a major hurdle toward finalizing a first-ever teacher contract, the college and Palomar Faculty Federation announced. The agreement, which calls for raises of up to 2 percent to be paid retroactively to part-time teachers, comes on the heels of a call from the college’s governing board at its Aug. 10 meeting, led by board member Darrell McMullen, to use the so-called parity money. The estimated $2.8 million comes from the […]