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Rogers board approves salary schedule with targeted raises for teachers and bus drivers
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Rogers Public Schools approved a new salary schedule that increases base pay for certified teachers, adds a $250 mentor stipend and raises bus driver hourly rates by $4, board members said. District leaders said the step increases were designed to retain staff while remaining cautious about enrollment and state funding volatility.
The Rogers Public Schools Board of Education on Tuesday approved a revised salary schedule that raises starting teacher pay, provides step increases across lanes, adds a mentor stipend and increases pay for bus drivers.
District officials said the schedule adds $750 to each certified salary step and would set a beginning bachelor’s step 1 teacher salary at $53,250. The change also represents a 1.43% increase for classified staff overall; bus drivers will receive about a $4-per-hour increase funded by reallocating roughly $200,000 from vehicle purchases to personnel, administrators said.
Superintendent Doctor Hill and Chief Financial Officer Jake told the board the changes were recommended by the district’s compensation committees…
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