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percent in retirement benefit, that classified employees (bus drivers, secretaries, etc.) receive an eight percent increase in salary and five percent in benefit, administration would receive six percent to salary and five to benefit except for the three positions of assistant superintendent, assistant principal at the high school and the special services coordinator. Those three positions would receive eight percent in salary increase and five percent in retirement benefit.
“That is in line with the discussion
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