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ee must work a minimum of 95 days in a year to receive credit. The date on these letters was also interesting, that being Saturday, Dec. 30, 2000. Mrs. Biggs retired at the end of December 2000. Her last work day would have been Friday, Dec. 29, 2000.
In regards to these administrators being placed properly on the salary schedule, obviously they should be. How and when the error occurred is important. If they have not received just compensation for their past employment shouldn’t some type of adjustment be considered? Has any attempt been made to determine whether all employees in the system are on their correct step?
The second question concerned the one percent increase in the high school principals Salary between the draft budget dated March 27 and the actual budget dated June 25. The draft budget indicated a salary of $78,471.98, but the actual budget amount changed to $79,256.70. Both budgets indicated years of experience at 31 years.
The Superintendents answer is as follows: “The 2001-2002 draft budgeted salary for the high school principal was based on the salary being paid to the former principal who was improperly placed upon the salary scale. In 2000-2001, the former high school principal has 30 years experience but was paid at 21 years experience. The School Board was double stepping employees annually in an attempt to correct improper salary placements. During the 20012002 budget process a new
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