Crestwood chief’s pact renewed, pay hiked [The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)]
By Mark Guydish, The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) | |
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The school board approved a renewal of McLaughlin-Smith's contract last week, bumping his salary up from a bit more than
And he is promised no raises through the length of the new contract, Mancini said. Both contracts leave salary increases solely at the discretion of the board, which evaluates McLaughlin-Smith's performance each year. Mancini pointed out that a good evaluation doesn't guarantee a raise, and the lack of a raise doesn't indicate a bad evaluation. A tight budget can be reason enough to freeze pay.
The new contract also increases the percentage of the health insurance premium McLaughlin-Smith must pay, from 15 percent to 20 percent.
The pay increase brings McLaughlin-Smith's salary up to the average for
The district's next big contract negotiation, with the support staff, must contractually begin in January. The last negotiations spanned eight years with several interim agreements helping avoid gridlock, and an agreement was made only after a
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