Portland Public Schools Approves $2.3 Million in Raises for Managers

The Portland Public School Board approved $2.3 million raises in for administrators Tuesday night. The aim is to bring Portland salaries more in line with other markets.

The vote will provide $600,000 for principals and assistant principals and $1.7 million for other administrative staff. Administrators such as principals and assistant principals as well as middle-wage employees will receive an average raise of 5.2 percent.

Money for most of the raises will come from nearly $2 million in expected savings on health care costs. The raises will be retroactive to July 1, when the district's fiscal year began.

Debate on raises took place over nearly two years as officials debated how to determine the raises.

Approximately 70 percent of the raises will go to non-managerial staff.