Lincoln-Way High School’s 248 teachers have a new three-year contract with an average salary increase of 3.5 percent.
The contract approved last week by the school board and ratified by members of the Lincoln-Way Education Association earlier in the week will give teachers raises ranging from 2.1 percent to 4.7 percent in the first year.
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The contract increases salary costs for the 2000-2001 school year to $14.4 million, a hike of $430,685, Supt. Lawrence Wyllie said.
Under the new contract, the base salary for a first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree is $31,500, increasing to $32,350 in the second year and $33,340 in the third.
At the highest end of the scale, a teacher with 23 years of experience, a master’s degree and 30 hours of graduate work would be paid $79,307 in the first year of the contract, increasing to $81,439 in the second year and $83,922 in the third.
The school board also renewed administrators’ contracts for the 2000-2001 school year, with salary increases ranging from 2 percent to 3.89 percent.
Wyllie, who is completing the second year of a five-year contract with the district, will get a 3.5 percent raise next year. Board President Chris Glatz said Wyllie’s accomplishments include the preparation of the split into two four-year high schools.
The district’s 175 non-certified employees will get salary increases ranging from 3 percent to 4 percent next year.