District Administrators Get Raise, Bonus

The West Chester School Board voted on Monday to approve a 1.7 percent salary increase for the district’s administrators.

The board chose 1.7 percent because it matched the Act 1 index for the 2013-14 school year.

On top of that, the board also approved a one-time 1.5 percent bonus for the administration for achieving district goals in the 2012-13 school year.

The administration received a raise despite the fact that the teachers in the district have been working without a contract since 2011.

The administrators received a similar raise and bonus last summer that resulted in an increase of $109,000 spread across the entire administrative staff.

Last year’s bonus averaged out to around $742 per employee.