Agenda: SWR school board to vote on retirement incentives

The Shoreham-Wading River school board is expected to vote on a resolution ratifying a retirement incentive agreement with the teachers’ union for the current school year, according to tonight’s meeting agenda.

Superintendent Steven Cohen said nine teachers and one administrator has accepted the offer, in which the district will pay employees 50 percent of their final salary.

Since criteria to qualify for this retirement incentive is already built into the teachers’ contract, the school board must vote on a resolution to extend the offer to include some additional teachers, Mr. Cohen said.

When asked how much the district will save under the new agreement, he said it hasn’t been calculated because his administration and the school board have yet to determine if the retirees’ positions will be filled. If they are, then savings will be realized from the difference between the old and new salaries, Mr. Cohen said.

In recent years, he said if someone with a salary of $100,000 retires, the replacement’s new salary typically starts at around $50,000.

In addition to voting on the retirement incentive agreement, the school board is expected to discuss instructional program support plans.

The topic is part of Mr. Cohen’s series of presentations titled “Strategic Planning.”

The public portion of the meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the junior high auditorium.

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Shoreham-Wading River school board meeting agenda, Jan. 7, 2014