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Lee's Summit R‑VII reviews salary schedules, options tied to Prop C election
Summary
District staff presented a detailed review of Lee's Summit R‑VII salary schedules, explaining prior years' base increases and step movements, indexing rules and estimated costs; Team Lead Summit will prepare alternate salary recommendations depending on whether Prop C passes.
Dr. Carlson, a district staff presenter, told the Lee's Summit R‑VII board during a work session that the district has moved from many separate pay schedules to unified, forward‑facing salary schedules and that recent budget choices — putting dollars on the base rather than providing step movement in some years — produced mismatches between employees' years of experience and their pay steps.
The presentation traced actions dating to a 2009 Education Management Solutions (EMS) audit and a 2012 shift to four salary schedules. Dr. Carlson said that approach used a placement rule of putting employees on the step "closest to, but not less than" their prior pay so no one lost money during the transition. That policy left some staff with step numbers that did not match years of experience, prompting Team Lead Summit to run a phased correction plan (phases 1 and 2…
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