Humboldt teachers lose 2 percent

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May 10, 2011 - 12:00 AM

HUMBOLDT — With state aid growing ever tighter, Humboldt USD 258’s school board announced a 2-percent reduction in salaries for the upcoming school year.
The payroll cuts will be enacted for every level of employees — certified teachers, administrators and classified staff — Board of Education members announced Monday.
As part of a negotiated agreement with its teachers, the board agreed to cut 3.5 working days from their contracts. The teachers will work 174.5 days in 2011-12, compared to 178 this year. Teachers will have two fewer contact days with students, one less day of mandated inservice training and one-half fewer work session days.
The maneuvers are expected to result in about $50,000 in savings, according to figures from Board Clerk Lori Buchholz.
The school calendar for next year also was approved. The 2011-12 academic year begins Aug. 23 for students and ends May 15, 2012.
The payroll deduction and school calendar proposals already had been ratified by the Humboldt-National Education Association, the district’s teachers union.
In routine measures, board members approved new contracts for all certified and classified employees as well as supplemental assignments for some employees.

HUMBOLDT Elementary Charter School’s students continued what has become a tradition in Humboldt by scoring well on State Assessment tests.
Principal Kay Bolt told board members that according to preliminary reports, the school will achieve the state’s Standard of Excellence threshold in reading and in math, as did the seventh- and eighth-grade classes at Humboldt Middle School.
The scores and Standard of Excellence designations will not become official until October, Bolt said.
In addition, the elementary school received a $25,000 grant for its continued involvement in the Technology Rich Classroom program funded by the Kansas Department of Education. The grant allows the district to purchase laptop computers, Smart boards and other technologies geared to increasing student achievement.

LAND FOR the next Humboldt High School building trades house was acquired after board members agreed to purchase a parcel of property from Richard Johns at the intersection of 10th and Cherokee streets for $1,500. The deal was contingent upon the school district receiving an adjoining piece of land by the city.
In a separate meeting Monday, Humboldt City Council members approved donating the land to USD 258. The city had spent $400 to purchase the land in a tax sale and another $3,213 to demolish an old structure there.

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