Warsaw School Board to Review Wage And Salary Study
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
The meeting begins at 4 p.m. at the district administrative office.
At the Jan. 23 school board meeting, the board was asked about salaries and wages for support staff. Although the school corporation is a leader in many aspects, it’s at the bottom of recognizing its support staff in terms of wages, the board was told.
Superintendent Dr. Craig Hintz told the patron her comments came at an opportune time. The school district is conducting a salary study for all of its employee groups.
Many of Warsaw Schools staff have worked without an increase for three to four years. The last two years employees received a stipend.
In a previous telephone interview, Kevin Scott, WCS chief financial officer, said teachers last received a raise for the 2008-09 school year. The salary scheduled changed 2.38 percent for the 2008-09 school year over the 2007-08 school year.
In January 2009, all hourly staff received a 3.4 percent increase.
In January 2011, WCS paid a stipend to all staff members. The $500 net stipend was given to all teachers, administrators, special services staff and 40-hour hourly staff, Scott said. Hourly staff members working less than 40 hours a week received a proportionate amount.
The total of the stipends across the school district was $513,482, according to Scott. Federal stimulus money from the Education Jobs Fund was used to primarily pay for that.
He said 901 employees received the stipends. Warsaw Schools is the fifth largest employer in the county.
Substitutes didn’t receive the stipends, but any employee who worked at WCS regularly were eligible for the stipend, Scott said.
The work session Tuesday is expected to last about two hours.
Other items on the agenda include the long-range facility feasibility study, board policy revisions and the personnel report.
The finance and operations report includes lunch price increase for 2012-13, fire alarm maintenance agreement, Leesburg and Madison playground fencing project, Smartnet renewal and Washington Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Math infrastructure.
At 5:50 p.m., the meeting is scheduled to conclude with out-of-state travel requests.[[In-content Ad]]
The meeting begins at 4 p.m. at the district administrative office.
At the Jan. 23 school board meeting, the board was asked about salaries and wages for support staff. Although the school corporation is a leader in many aspects, it’s at the bottom of recognizing its support staff in terms of wages, the board was told.
Superintendent Dr. Craig Hintz told the patron her comments came at an opportune time. The school district is conducting a salary study for all of its employee groups.
Many of Warsaw Schools staff have worked without an increase for three to four years. The last two years employees received a stipend.
In a previous telephone interview, Kevin Scott, WCS chief financial officer, said teachers last received a raise for the 2008-09 school year. The salary scheduled changed 2.38 percent for the 2008-09 school year over the 2007-08 school year.
In January 2009, all hourly staff received a 3.4 percent increase.
In January 2011, WCS paid a stipend to all staff members. The $500 net stipend was given to all teachers, administrators, special services staff and 40-hour hourly staff, Scott said. Hourly staff members working less than 40 hours a week received a proportionate amount.
The total of the stipends across the school district was $513,482, according to Scott. Federal stimulus money from the Education Jobs Fund was used to primarily pay for that.
He said 901 employees received the stipends. Warsaw Schools is the fifth largest employer in the county.
Substitutes didn’t receive the stipends, but any employee who worked at WCS regularly were eligible for the stipend, Scott said.
The work session Tuesday is expected to last about two hours.
Other items on the agenda include the long-range facility feasibility study, board policy revisions and the personnel report.
The finance and operations report includes lunch price increase for 2012-13, fire alarm maintenance agreement, Leesburg and Madison playground fencing project, Smartnet renewal and Washington Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Math infrastructure.
At 5:50 p.m., the meeting is scheduled to conclude with out-of-state travel requests.[[In-content Ad]]
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