Creighton negotiators present pay, benefits and staffing recommendations totaling about $950,000

The Creighton Elementary District meet-and-confer team presented a package of compensation, benefits and working-condition recommendations to the governing board at a special study session, saying the proposals fit within the district's revised 2024-25 budget.

The team asked the board to note several specific items: keep a district-paid benefits package for 2025-26 with dental moved to a Cigna HMO and continued UHC vision coverage; apply $20,000 toward salary-compression work for facilities staff; provide a 5% raise plus a $1,735 year-end stipend for contract substitutes who worked the full year; increase hourly rates for bus drivers; approve a 2% raise for all employees; and move an existing $15,000 market-demand stipend for school psychologists into base pay. The team also recommended paying special-education case managers at an extra-duty rate for up to three hours per IEP when they must cover additional duties, adding an educational support professional (ESP) to each school's crisis team, and adopting clearer reduction-in-force protections.

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