Does the $22, 556.64 figure cited on the Summit Board of Education website tell an accurate and complete story concerning medical benefits for SEA members?
No. Each Summit Board of Education employee falls into one of eight different benefits categories. The highest annual premium within those eight categories is received by only 26 employees. By contractual agreement, no employee has joined that category since 1996. As members retire, that number will decrease until eventually it reaches zero. The annual premium for 96 other SEA members, almost 25% of all employees, is less than $15,000. The annual premium for 117 more members, another 27%, is less than $7,000.
