(KLZA)--The Auburn Board of Education has approved a negotiated agreement with the Auburn Teachers Association for the 2019-20 school year.

During the April 8th meeting Board members approved a new contract with teachers increasing the base pay by $250 to $35,300 annually.

Board members also approved salaries for administrators for the next year. Middle School / High School Principal Marty Hughes will received $98,940. Assistant Principal / A.D. Jason Palmer will be paid $80-thousand. Curriculum Director Suzanne Whisler will be paid $94,350. Special Education Director Amy Kross was moved from a teaching contract to an administrator contract. She will be paid $86,500.

The Board also approved the resignation of 7th and 8th Grad Science teacher Klark Knipe and approved a teaching contract for Stevie Eickhoff to teacher Art. Eickhoff currently is teaching at Rock Port, Missouri.