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Administrator Longevity: School board to hear salary proposal

Monday, May 12, 2008 12:50 PM PDT

ELKO - The Elko County School board of trustees will again hear the Elko County Administrators Association's salary schedule proposal Tuesday night.

The proposal compresses the longevity calculation for district administrators and would help correct salary issues for vice principals, who sometimes make the same or less on a daily rate as teachers with equivalent experience. The proposal would also raise the pay of some central office administrators, many of whom have six-figure salaries.

The administrator's association proposing the compression is made up of site administrators such as principals and vice principals. Central office administrators are not part of the association.

The proposal was previously presented to the board with several options and cost estimates for the next three years. In all the options, the estimated cost to the district would be $288,508 more per year in administrative pay by 2010.

This will be the fifth reading of the proposal. In a past meeting, it was tabled after members of the Elko County Classroom Teachers Association turned out en masse to voice concerns that central office administrators were getting a raise, while the district's teachers ranked among the lowest paid in the state.

The teachers' rank in the state has since moved up, after trustees approved a two-year contract with the teachers association that allocated roughly $10 million in additional salary and benefits over two years.

Also at the meeting, the board of trustees will:

- Consider approving a contract agreement with the Elko County Support Staff organization.

- Consider a policy for promoting students to high school.

- Consider a five-year capital improvement plan.

- Consider going out to bid for improvements at the Wells Elementary building.

- Consider going out to bid for septic improvements at Spring Creek Elementary.

- Consider a resolution to approve the Elko County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.

- Consider an amended and restated interlocal contract for the joint use of a geothermal resource.

- Consider going to bid for Owyhee Combined School science lab renovations.

- Consider going to bid for a refrigerated van and two used SUVs.

- Receive letters of retirement or resignation from 19 staff.

The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time in the Jackpot Combined School gymnasium, 1601 Keno.

By John Sents

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