KC Board Discusses Listing Employee Transfer Salaries on Agendas, Voting Thursday
By Christopher Miller
BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP – The Keystone Central School Board discussion continued Thursday regarding the listing of all employee transfer salaries, along with the already practiced method of disclosing salaries of new hires and employees with salary increases, on school board agendas.
Original discussions began in August and continue into September board meetings.
“The union indicated very clearly they do not want their salary information posted for a transfer. They said absolutely when the salary is changing or hiring a new person. It makes total sense,” Superintendent Dr. Frank Redmon said. “But they would prefer to not have that on there for transfers.”
Current practice with neighboring districts also includes not disclosing salary information with job transfers within districts.
“When you take a job working for public agencies there are certain things that you give up in privacy,” board member Elisabeth Lynch said. “I respect what they are saying, but I will stick to how I feel and the people I represent want to see numbers on the reports.”
Board member Jeff Johnston added that he thinks posting salaries for job transfers is “redundant, especially for people making involuntary transfers who don’t have a choice. I don’t see a point in listing it more than when they are hired or when their salary changes.”
Board President Roger Elling said that he is in agreement with the other board members saying that salaries for transfers shouldn’t be listed.
“We have always listed what people will be making in past practices for new hires and increases,” he said. “When hired it is all posted for us to vote on and I can see what Dr. Redmon said earlier about there being possible animosity towards our teachers and putting salaries out there all the time for transfers, throwing their income in the public’s face. We don’t want to end up with our teachers going to some place else because people are complaining about specific teacher salaries.”
Roger closed by saying that there doesn’t seem to be a consensus to change what has already been commonplace for past years.
“We need the decision the board makes next week to be clear,” he said.
