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for teachers, eight percent for classified employees, six percent for administration except for the assistant superintendent, the assistant principal at the high school and the special services coordinator who would receive eight percent increases, was explained to the Supervisors. .
“If you look at the budget’s bottom line, you’ll see a 55 percent increase,” Estabrook said. “We are not proposing that kind of increase, but all monies spent by the system have to be included in the budget and that inflates the bottom line figure.”
Estabrook pointed out that literary loan monies for the expansion project had to be included in the budget, and that if that were taken out there would be a six percent increase in the bottom line. “I’m sure that six percent must look more reasonable to you,” Estabrook said.
Gilkey asked how the 11 percent increase to the bottom line for teachers’ salaries was arrived at. “The feeling of the Board is that we are playing catch up this year in teachers’ salaries,” said Massie. “The teachers asked for an index pay system that they got last year, and to get’t they were willing to take a lesser jrcentage in salary increase.” Massi si, 1 that that put the system behind ti year.
“Over the past few years, there have been numerous reports on education, and in each there has been a recommendation to increase teachers’ salaries,” Estabrook said. “Governor Robb has recommended, at a minimum, a 10 percent increase, and the Board was aware of that.”
Supervisor Pete Estes asked if the Board unanimously supported the pro_
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