{"id":166496,"date":"2025-09-19T00:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/166496\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:12:14","slug":"ann-arbor-schools-need-sustainable-solutions-to-rising-health-care-costs-superintendent-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/166496\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Arbor schools need \u2018sustainable solutions\u2019 to rising health care costs, superintendent says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnnRalliers wave signs and chant, advocating for better pay and more affordable heatlhcare for teachers at the start of the Ann Arbor School Board’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Early chants included, “Keep us hear,” referencing the many teachers who’ve said they’ve had to get second or third jobs or look for jobs outside of the district because of rising healthcare costs.Jackie Smith | MLive<\/p>\n

ANN ARBOR, MI \u2014 Ann Arbor Public Schools is bracing for another increase in costs for employee health care just a year after a spike impacting teachers spurred an outpour of concern and support<\/a> from the district community. <\/p>\n

Superintendent Jazz Parks told Ann Arbor School Board members the district had been notified of the looming change during a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 17. Although she did not put a number to the expected increase, she said it was a challenge shared with districts nationwide.<\/p>\n

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