The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education last Thursday approved the implementation of the state-mandated pay raise of 2.5 percent for the 2018-2019 school year to start with the contract year and not wait until Oct. 1, 2018.
Employees who are contracted for 12 months will see a higher pay beginning July 1 while teachers, whose contracts begin Sept. 1, will see a higher pay at the end of September. Retirees will receive a '13th' check' in the lump sum of about $400 from the Alabama Retirement System.
Although the pay raise is not required to take effect until Oct.1, school superintenden...