Is it true that the Superintendent and the Cabinet received raises or holiday “bonuses” while teachers did not?
The district did not freeze “step and column” increases to any eligible employees for 2011-12, including teachers, administrators or other staff. No person employed by the district received a “bonus” of any kind. Additionally, unrepresented staff – including management – is taking three furlough days this year, as are many of our employees, which is the equivalent of a 1.2 percent pay reduction. Adjustments were made to the wages of two Cabinet members who had been working “out of class” for two years, meaning that these employees performed jobs for two years at a lower paid grade than others who perform the same work. These adjustments were funded through department budget reductions in corresponding departments.
The Superintendent has not received a raise since his arrival in July 2009.
The proposed list of cuts for 2012-13 begins with five furlough days for all unrepresented/non-union employees – including management – as well as a freeze of step and column increases for those workers.
