Administrators to get $3,000 increase
Recent legislation that increases salaries applies to more than just teachers, school board says.

Caleb Soptelean

Some 32 administrators in the Mustang Public School District will be getting a $3,000 salary increase this year.

The Mustang School Board approved the increase on Monday, which also includes a $500 “step” increase.

Superintendent Karl Springer explained that recent legislation used the word “certified employee" although the legislation was widely trumpeted in the state to be for teachers’ salaries.

The Mustang School Board also approved a $3,000 increase for teachers and a “step” increase on the salary schedule.

Springer said he believes the Legislature will pony up more money to pay for health insurance and retirement costs associated with the new $3,000 raises.

Springer said the board’s action does not apply to him. He received a $3,000 increase in January, which brought his annual salary to $107,000.

Springer’s contract runs from July 1, 2006 to July 1, 2009.

Support employees will get 50 cents more per hour and a $500 step increase, which comes to about a 70 to 80 cent per hour wage increase.