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aian t go nog wua...tnat we exercised restraint. If an index pay scale had been included, we would have been cut by even more than three percent...The whole perception is that we were reasonable in proposing an 8.5 percent pay increase across the board for all employees,” he said, noting that the supervisors had suggested reducing that figure to six percent when they cut the bottom line of the school budget. (Earlier in the meeting, the school board amended the 1982-83 budget to absorb the $72,000 reduction made by the supervisors while managing to keep pay raises at 7.5 percent.) “Let things lie as they are,” Eastham recommended. If not, he warned, the supervisors may choose to exercise their right to control the school budget by categories rather than by bottom line.
Reeve replied that she would like to see an index pay scale for all school employees presented for adoption before budget work begins next year.
Investigating the proposal in late summer will allow time for interaction and understanding with the teachers and nonprofessional staff, Massie said. “It will also give us an opportunity to explain to the supervisors and the general public exactly what an index
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