The Pella School Board finalized early retirement incentives to help with an upcoming budget shortfall at their meeting Monday.
The board, after an application review process, is allowing any regular certified employee who has turned 55 years old by the time of the date of retirement and has worked ten continuous years in Pella to take advantage of the incentives. They will review each case until December 3rd. The district is trying to close a spending authority shortfall of approximately $350,000 for the next three fiscal years through the process.
Additionally, they again reviewed–and this time approved, the district’s policy for gifts and donations as it relates to Title IX after reading through the changes over the past two meetings. Each district administrator discussed the first day of school enrollment numbers as part of their monthly presentation, which shows numbers are up nearly across all buildings this school year.