Oswego School Board approves pay hikes for district administrators

Oswego School District administrators will receive a small boost in pay for the next school year as a result of action taken by the Board of Education.

In a unanimous ballot during the March 15 meeting at Oswego East High School, the Board of Education approved contracts that grant an approximate 1% increase in base salaries for district administrators and building administrators for the 2021-2022 school year.

Board members approved the salary hikes without comment.

Information on the total additional cost for the pay hikes was not yet available from the district.

With an enrollment of more than 17,000 students, the district has 34 district administrators, including assistant directors of human resources, operations, special education and transportation, and 14 special education coordinators. The district also employs 57 building administrators, including 21 principals, 27 assistant principals, two high school athletic directors, six dean of students, and one alternative education coordinator.

In a related matter, the district’s teachers will also be receiving raises for the 2021-2022 school year under terms of a four-year contract approved by the Board of Education in February of last year.

The contract, which is in effect through June 30, 2023, granted the district’s more than 1,300 teachers salary hikes totaling about 8% over the life of the contract.

The contract granted wage hikes of 2.54% during the first year at a cost of $2.3 million. Increases in the subsequent years of the contract will be less than 2%

Shortly after the board approved the contract, Christi Tyler, the district’s chief financial officer, estimated the wage hikes will cost the district an additional $7.4 million. Tyler also confirmed that benefits did not change from the previous contract to the current.

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