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Shorewood board approves supplemental pay increases for teachers and aides
Summary
The Shorewood School District board approved supplemental adjustments to teacher and aide pay, including an added step for BA and BA+15 lanes and a raise to the aid wage schedule. The decision follows extensive public comment urging the board to honor a 2023 referendum and improve staff retention.
The Shorewood School District board voted to approve supplemental pay adjustments for teachers and aides at its Dec. 9 meeting, adding an additional step to the BA and BA+15 lanes of the teacher salary schedule and increasing the aide salary schedule by $1.15 per cell.
Superintendent Burgos, describing the district’s fiscal context, told the board that the state provided no increase in general aid this year, shifting more of school funding onto local property taxes and referendum dollars. Burgos said the district’s offer includes an average 2.95% CPI-based increase and that the supplemental items before the board would raise total salaries and wages by more than…
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