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Board approves $1/hour tier-3 ESP raise, holiday reinstatement and 2.95% base wage increase; AST adjustments tabled

Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education · July 23, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a $1/hour market adjustment to tier-3 ESP positions (estimated $290,000), reinstated pre-Act 10 holidays for 10-month benefit-eligible noncontract staff (estimated $139,000), and ratified a 2.95% base-wage increase for most employee groups while tabling AST group adjustments until the August meeting.

The Kenosha Unified School Board on July 22 approved multiple personnel and compensation actions intended to address vacancies and cost-of-living adjustments across employee groups.

The board approved a market-adjustment of $1 per hour for every step in the Tier 3 Educational Support Personnel (ESP) salary schedule, a measure presented by district HR and finance staff to address a roughly 10% vacancy rate in tier-3 roles (about 18 vacancies out of ~184 positions). Administration estimated the full annual base cost of that…

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