(KLZA)-- The Mound City Board of Education approved a 2.5 percent salary increase for certified staff members when they met Monday. 

The new base salary for teachers will be $36-thousand annually. 

The Board also approved the employee health care proposal from Arnold Insurance Services for the 2021-22 school year.  The premium increase will be 12-percent.  The School District will continue to pay 100-percent  of the employee health insurance. 

Following a closed session to discuss personnel, the Board approved a contract with Kristin Rogers to teacher 1st Grade for the 2021-22 school year and approved a contract for Shawna Farr to serve as a Paraprofessional for the next school year.