LAN QUOC NGUYEN (left) is sworn in for another term on the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education (GGUSD photo).

Teachers and other certificated employees will get a 9 percent pay increase, as the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved a tentative agreement with the Garden Grove Education Association on Tuesday night.

The increase in base pay is effective as of July 1, 2022.

Also on Tuesday night, Board Member Walter Muneton (Trustee Area 3) was chosen to serve as president for 2023 with Teri Rocco (Trustee Area 1) as vice president.

Sworn in for another term on the board was Lan Quoc Nguyen (Trustee Area 2).  Absent were board members Dina Nguyen and Bob Harden.

The GGUSD is a K-12 system serving most of Garden Grove and parts of Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Stanton and Westminster.