Kansas City Schools Gives Teachers 1 Percent Pay Raise For Class Time Increase

The Kansas City Star (10/14) reports, "The Kansas City school board approved a 1 percent salary increase Wednesday for the district's teachers because their workday has grown by 15 minutes." The pay increase is "retroactive to the beginning of the fiscal year, which started in July," and "will cost the school district about $850,000, which officials plan to pull from the district's reserve funds." The time and pay increases were previously negotiated by district officials and the teachers union. The lengthened school day is "part of Superintendent John Covington's transformation plan," the Kansas City Star notes.