Sidney School Board approves salary increases

Sidney Public School (SPS) Board approved salaries for the 2017-18 school year in Monday’s meeting.

The board approved Classified and Administrator salaries at a 2.89 percent package increase. Superintendent Jay Ehler said the package takes the whole of Classified or Administrator salaries with the budget in consideration and adds a 2.89 percent increase to divide evenly to those salaries.

Classified positions in the school system are non-teaching degree positions, such as para professionals, kitchen staff, custodial and secretarial.

The superintendent’s salary was also on the agenda for Monda...