The school district will pay out $500,000 in early retirement incentives as part of its effort to reduce costs in the coming school year.
In all 20 employees accepted bonuses of $25,000 each, superintendent Brian Pepper confirmed this week, under a voluntary retirement incentive plan offered to 49 school district employees.
The action will reduce the school district's payroll by $1.6 million. Take away the $500,000 and the total savings is $1.1 million.
"And that's just in the first year so it was a good move," Pepper said.
