Colleagues, I wish to inform you that, earlier today, the RTA Representative Assembly voted unanimously to endorse the recently negotiated Memorandum of Agreement that extends our current contract for one year (2025-2026) with only two modifications: a 4% salary increase, retroactive to July 1, 2025; and a $2,500 Teacher Retention Incentive. The exact language of the Agreement is in the document attached below.  The only real change from the earlier agreement is that the Teacher Retention Incentive will be paid, in a separate check, on or before September 30, 2026 rather than at the end of June. To qualify for the incentive, teachers must be active on June 1, 2026 and remain active through September 15, 2026. Teachers who retire after June 26, 2026 are also eligible for the incentive.  Now that the Tentative Agreement has been endorsed by the RCSD’s Board of Education, and by the RTA’s Representative Assembly, it is no longer “tentative.” We can now resume bargaining for a...