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Board approves pre-K pay supplement, continues funding for safety director and approves 3-day suspension
Summary
At a regular Lexington City Schools Board of Education meeting, members voted to use local funds to pay eight pre-K teachers the state salary supplement not provided for pre-K, approved continued local funding for a director of safety and security position, and approved a three-day unpaid suspension for a school nutrition employee.
The Lexington City Schools Board of Education voted to pay eight prekindergarten teachers the state salary supplement not provided for pre-K staff, approved continued local funding for the district’s director of safety and security position, and approved a three-day unpaid suspension for a school nutrition employee.
Assistant Finance and Budget Director Priscilla Santiago told the board the state allotted $411,123 as a salary supplement for state-paid teachers and instructional support staff, equal to $1,432.07 gross per eligible teacher. Santiago said the state allotment does not include pre‑K teachers and that the district would need to pay eight pre‑K teachers from local funds; she estimated that…
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