Colchester asks teachers for wage freeze as health fund runs short

Colchester asks teachers for wage freeze as health fund runs short

The Colchester Board of Education has asked members of the local teachers union to take a wage freeze as the BOE’s health reserve fund potentially faces a $1 million shortfall because of increased health claims and faulty monitoring of the fund due to bad data, according to the Superintendent’s budget presentation and a statement issued by Colchester First Selectman Bernie Dennler and Board of Education Chair Stefanie Tracey-Calash. Colchester i…