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Principals

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Pay Bump for School District Administrators, Managers Offset by Benefit Contributions

School officials approved wage hikes Tuesday, but when coupled with increased benefit contributions actually decrease or result in a tiny increase in total compensation for department heads, principals and managers.

Shorewood school administrators and managers can look forward to wage increases this school year, as officials approved the hikes Tuesday. However, with increased contributions to health care premiums and pensions, total compensation remains relatively flat. The increases cover the 2011-12 school year and are retroactive to July 1. The School Board approved the increases at a regular meeting Tuesday. The deal with district administrators — including school principals, the high school assistant principal, athletic director, Recreation Department director and the business manager — calls for an average salary increase of 2.3 percent. But their total compensation will decrease by 2.56 percent because department heads and principals are …

Margaret Schmidt

9:56 pm on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

I agree! Our principals are fantastic, tireless professionals and they deserve whatever increase the district can afford. For the record, in spite of the teacher contract approved last year, we all took a massive pay cut (net pay).   more ›

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