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GREEN RIVER Sweetwater County School District (SCSD) No. 2 announced a Voluntary Reduction Incentive Plan (VRIP) in December, in which they offered eligible employees a buyout to retire from the district.
Out of 83 eligible employees in the district, about 17 took the incentive. Eligible employees were offered the following as incentive:
Certified professional staff were offered $42,000.
12-month support staff were offered $22,000.
10-month support staff were offered $18,300.
9-month support staff were offered $16,500.
Supervisors were offered $52,000.
Administrators were offered $62,000.
SCSD No. 2 Business Manger Chris Dean has previously reported that about 81.6 percent of the district’s budget goes to personnel costs. With a decrease in enrollment equaling a shortfall of about $865,000, or 2.2 percent, of the district’s guarantee, the district is forced to make big budget cuts. This incentive aimed to help out with balancing the budget without having to make redu