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Brookings School District 05-1 outlines balanced budget with 2.5% teacher pay increase
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Summer Schultz said the district adopted a balanced budget that includes a roughly 2.5% pay increase for teachers, preserved programming without cuts, and reduced some positions to achieve efficiencies; the final budget will be approved later this summer.
The Brookings School District 05-1 plans to provide teachers a roughly 2.5% pay increase after a school board meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Dr. Summer Schultz said Wednesday on Brookings Radio.
Dr. Schultz said the district made the raise a priority to better track inflation after state lawmakers’ allocation fell short. “We were able to give that 2.5%,” she said, adding the district deliberately targeted that point during negotiations and the…
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