The new tentative agreement between the school district and about a 100 of its staff outlines 3 percent raises for each year, plus new paid lunch breaks, a 3-day bereavement leave and other improved benefits.
Frida Zeinali
Staff Writer
Frida Zeinali is a staff reporter at the Sun Journal covering mostly local education in Lewiston and Auburn. A Youth Journalism International alum, she came to Maine by way of Marquette University where she did radio for a while in graduate school. She calls Auburn home these days.
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