(KLZA)--The Auburn Board of Education approved a 2022-23 negotiated agreement with the Auburn Education Association when they met for their February Board meeting.

The new base salary will be $36,700 which is an increase of $700 from the current year.

The Board also approved a three-year contract with Superintendent David Patton that will begin July 1 of this year and continue through June of 2026.

The Superintendent's salary for 2022-23 will increase by $7,500 to $162,000.

The Baord also approved contracts for the 2022-23 school year with secondary assistant principal and activities director Jason Palmer at a salary of $85,502; director of special education Shane Keeling with a salary of $92,226; Calvert Elementary principal Breanne Poston with a salary of $90,409 and Suzanne Whisler, director of school improvement and curriculum with a salary set at $105,000.

A contract for new secondary principal Scott Siegel was approved in December with a salary of $105,000.