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Teachers and staff press Kirkwood R-VII to remedy decade-old salary "frozen step"
Summary
Multiple teachers and staff told the KIRKWOOD R-VII board that a salary-step freeze from 2016–17 continues to depress pay and retirement credit for long-serving employees; speakers urged restoration of steps, retroactive service credit options, or leave adjustments for those affected.
A series of teachers and district staff used the public-comment period at the KIRKWOOD R-VII Board meeting on Feb. 2 to press the board for remedies to a salary-step freeze imposed in 2016–17 that speakers said continues to depress pay for long-serving staff.
Bridgette Ryan, an 11th-year teacher, said the freeze was presented as temporary but that "nearly 10 years later, many of us are still being financially affected by that decision." She said…
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