Geary USD 475 Board of Education members have voted to approve the teaching contract for the current school year.
Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston explained that negotiators were recently able to reach the agreement during mediation with the JCEA because the District received an early federal impact aid allocation. That allowed the District to provide a retention incentive to the teachers.
The board also approved a retention incentive for administrators and classified staff that were employed last year and started working on the first day of this school year-- the same funds as the certified staff . That retention incentive would be $1,000 for fulltime and $500 for part-time personnel. This is a one time employee retention payment.