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Publisher's note. Because you, the taxpayer, are the
employer of personnel in the public sector of Juab County,
The Times-News will look at wages paid by public entities
over the next six weeks to their employees. We do not judge
whether these wages are to high or to low, we leave that up
to you the reader. This week we examine the wages at the
Juab School District and will look at a different government
area each week.
By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Juab School District teachers will be paid a 4.65 percent
increase in base salary for the school year 2000-2001.
Negotiations are complete and teacher contracts are being
sent out, said Darin Clark, district finance
administrator.
"Last year, teachers did not receive an increase on the
base but only received stop and lane change increases and
the increase in costs for health insurance costs," said
Clark.
The coming school year, teachers will also receive the
health and accident insurance cost increase of 3.18 percent
of total compensation and a 2.7 percent increase in step and
lane changes.
"Though the cost of health insurance went up 17 percent
for the district," Clark said, "the 3.18 percent represents
the increase in the total compensation package per
teacher."
The total package for teachers for the 2000-2001 school
year will 10.53 percent depending on the degree of education
each teacher has and the number of years of experience they
have acquired, said Clark.
"Non-teachers or non-certified staff, will receive a 5.5
percent cost-of-living increase for the coming year."
This group of employees, which includes lunch workers,
teaching assistants, secretaries, lab assistants, and
maintenance and transportation employees, will receive, on
an average with the increase in cost of benefits plus step
changes, a 10.3 percent increase.
While maintenance and transportation department employees
are paid from $10.59 to $12.71, depending on their years of
experience, head custodians receive additional percentages
ranging from 5 percent to 12.5 percent depending on their
responsibilities.
For the 1999-2000 school year, teachers were paid from
$22,276, the beginning wage, to $39,632 a year depending on
the college degree they had and the number of years'
experience they had obtained.
Superintendent Kirk Wright is, as in all school
districts, the highest paid individual on the salary
schedule with a salary of $75,000 annually and received a
salary increase last year.
Norm Wall, who serves as the district assistant
superintendent, the district transportation director and the
principal of the Mona Elementary School, is the next highest
paid at an annual salary of $59,872.
The business administrator, Clark, is paid $58,067 for
serving as district clerk, treasurer, auditor and as school
board clerk.
Nephi Elementary School principal, Betty Mikkelsen, earns
$52,430, Steve Olsen, Juab Middle School principal, earns
$53,725 and Rick Durban, Juab High School principal, earns
$56,271.
The district special education director is paid $55,440,
the buildings and ground supervisor receives $38,000 and the
school lunch director earns $23,300.
School Lunch workers are paid $7.88 to $10.03 per hour,
depending on their years of experience, teaching assistants
are paid from $7.56 to $10.03 per hour, with the highest
amount paid to those employed longest, and secretaries are
paid from $8.70 per hour to $11.54 per hour, also based on
years of experience.
Media and computer lab assistants are paid from $7.81 to
$10.36 per hour depending on the number of years experience
they have.
Other permanent part-time employees are paid from $7.81
to $10.36 per hour depending on the experience they have
accumulated.
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