sacrifices to make this work, be very resourceful we're going to have to make a lot of cuts to maintinance, unless it's safety also expected to see cuts as are various programs but no layoffs are expected michelle booth ccsd communications dir. 17:47:41:00 we're just going to be pinching our pennies but we definately think this is worth it because we need to recruit our teachers, that's what our students need and that's a priority. the 135 million dollar contract includes pay raises for the more than 18,000 teachers. that includes four salary increases over the next nine months that will be based on education and experience....capping off at 90-thousand a year. dan barber, durango high school teacher 17:36:50:00 people are excited that it's finally done, it's been a long struggle, we were frozen over the summertime, we were surprized about that, frankly that we couldn't get a new contract earlier. so we're sort of relieved it's finally over with. tag there's also a new start date for the 2017-2018 school year. teachers will start august 9th and the first day for students will be august 17t