15 Waukesha School District Employees Looking to Retire

Just a week after the Waukesha School Board for this school year and last school year, 15 teachers have submitted their names for retirement.

The school district could have as many as 80 teachers retire this year. Until the contracts were approved, because they stood to lose retirement benefits that they receive for five years after teaching.

With the outgoing 15 teachers, which will be sought for approval during the Waukesha School Board meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 222 Maple Ave., the school district can replace the teachers with new hires at a lower salary.

The contract, which expires in June, includes a new salary schedule that will remain in effective after the contract expires. The new schedule will take teachers 18 years to reach the top salary bracket from the bottom bracket. It previously took teachers nine years to reach top pay.