Meeting Preview: Muskego-Norway School Board Discusses Insurance Savings and Teacher Compensation

The regular meeting of the Muskego-Norway School District (MNSD) will convene Monday night at 7:30 at the .

Among the agenda items is a review of what an insurance consultant has found the district might save in costs of health care.  Five different health care providers were polled, and eight different dental carriers were also included in the study. A preliminary glance of the report shows that the district could save $1.09 to $1.47 million depending on the carriers they choose to adopt in 2012. Savings to health insurance was a key part of Muskego's revised budget that had to respond to state aid cuts earlier this year, so the final number will be important.

Dr. Kelly Thompson, Assistant Superintendent, is also recommending that MNSD join a group of other districts to implement a "research-based teacher evaluation instrument that is valid and reliable and informs the compensation systems in each district." 

In other words, a teacher seeking employment in one district can expect to be subject to the same measurements to determine their compensation as if they were applying for the same job in another district that is part of the consortium. 

Present district members of the Teachers Compensation Consortium include: Fox Point-Bayside; Franklin; Hamilton; Hartland Lakeside; Kettle Moraine; Norris; Oconomowoc; Pewaukee; Cudahy; Swallow; Stone Bank; South Milwaukee; Waukesha; Wauwatosa; West Allis; West Bend and Whitefish Bay.