At its April meeting, the Warren County R-III school board unanimously approved a salary agreement negotiated with all work groups.
Among the highlights of the agreement is an estimated 2.8 …
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At its April meeting, the Warren County R-III school board unanimously approved a salary agreement negotiated with all work groups.
Among the highlights of the agreement is an estimated 2.8 percent salary increase for the 2026-27 school year.
R-III Superintendent Dr. Gregg Klinginsmith said the process was a collaborative effort of all parties involved.
“We came together and negotiated in good faith with all the work groups,” Klinginsmith said. “We all come together in one giant room. There are 30-40 of us together. We hear issues and listen to everybody’s side on an issue. We work really well together in the mindset of how we can help the students.”
Another major tenet of the agreement is that all current Daniel Boone Elementary teachers, paraeducators, and administrative assistants will move to the new building, and any additional vacancies will be filled by voluntary transfers before RIF policy is used, including seniority. All internal appointments will be exhausted before opening positions to external applicants.
Other topics discussed and agreed upon at the meeting covered topics such as the definition of the role of the high-needs paraprofessionals; the parameters for trip drivers; mileage reimbursement; duty-free lunches for teachers; employees’ children at extra-duty responsibilities; telework; plan time; sick leave payout and pay for summer school nurses and speech language pathologists.
Another area of the agreement concerns paid time off (PTO) and sick days.
Twelve-month staff will receive 64 sick hours and 40 PTO hours. School-term certified teachers will receive 61 sick hours and 42.5 PTO hours.
Hourly employees who work six hours or more a day or drive a morning and evening bus route are eligible for five to eight sick days, depending on the number of days worked in a school year and five PTO days.
The staff members who were a part of the negotiations committee included: NEA leadership: Shelby Graves and Jessica Thomas; MSTA Leadership: Debbie Toebben and Jeff Grizzell; Faculty and Staff: Tessa Friedman, John Schulte, Bryan Temme, Sarah Worth, Patricia Hupper, Jena Carroll, Cheryl Longacre, Jacob Harrison, Molly Shepard, Carrie Parr, Erin Chandler, Maria Nelson, Lucy Swailes and Molly Shepard.
