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Article: Savannah School District raises base salary 3.2%
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- St. Joseph News-Press
- Article date:
- June 28, 2002
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SAVANNAH, Mo. - The Savannah School District Board of Education
approved a 3.2 percent increase to the district's base salary for
teachers during a special board meeting Thursday night.
The increase, which is $800, will raise the district's starting
salary to $26,300 from $25,500.
"We're happy with that," said Tami Pasley, chairwoman of the
salary and welfare committee and a fourth-grade teacher at Helena
Elementary School.
The committee had asked board members to approve a $900 increase
to the base salary. Don Lawrence, superintendent of schools,
recommended a $750 increase.
"What the board did tonight was consider all three of the
committee's priorities," Ms. Pasley said, "and they acted ...