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varied. “Does this rule out any merit increases?” asked Wakefield board member Robert Eastham.
School superintendent Robert Estabrook replied "No, this will not prevent raises merited by performance.” he reassured Eastham. “The merit raises will simply be within the framwork of the index salary scale.”
Eastham also had a question about the initial increases, computed by the committee to equal 10 percent with a 3 percent increase to the base. “I don’t understand," he said. “How can you guarantee that this is only a one-time increase?” Eastham had not attended a previous briefing by the committee, citing personal and philosophical reasons.
Lysik and Estabrook both explained that the startup costs cause the initial high percentage because the index scale corrects inconsistencies and unbalanced progressions in the existing system. After its adoption, the scale will reflect a 3 percent cost of
79.8%