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Wallingford, Director of Financial Services  \nKeith Johnson, Associate Superintendent for Human Resources David Cline, Associate Superintendent for Finance and Support Services  \nSalary & Costs  \n• The focus of the salary comparison is with our competitors in Northern Virginia (Virginia Planning District Eight)  \n– Planning District Eight receives additional state funding for salaries, aka Cost of Competing (COC), due to the competitive market for employees of all types in Northern Virginia  \n– Recruiting and retention have identified these districts as our primary competition  \nPWCS – People Driven  \nExpenditures Distribution of Employees  \n82.09% 60.5%  \n35.5%  \n5.46%  \n5.84% 1.98% 4.63%  \n Salaries and Benefits  Services & Utilities  \n Supplies  Capital Projects  \n Reserves  \n4.0%  \nTeachers Classified Administrative  \nPWCS Salary Increases  \nFY 2007 to 2016  \nPay Raise History  \n7.00% ~~ ~~  \n6.00%  \n5.00%  \n4.00%  \n3.00%  \n2.00%  \n1.00%  \n0.00%  \n|  BONUS | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.20% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  VRS | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |\n|  PPA | 0.00% | 2.00% | 2.00% | 0.00% | 1.75% | 0.00% | 2.90% | 1.80% | 3.00% | 3.00% |\n|  STEP | 2.80% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.85% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.00% | 2.90% | 3.00% |\n\nBONUS: FY 2012-0. 60% Bonus was paid equally on October 31 and January 15.  \nVRS: Virginia Retirement System – required raises to offset employee benefit cost increase PPA: Pay Plan Adjustment –pay raises applied as equal percentage across pay scale  \nSTEP: Pay increase due to advancement in step on scale 4  \nCalendar Regional Comparison  \n\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| School\u003Cbr>Division | \\# Instructional Days | Length of Instructional Day* | Length of\u003Cbr>Teacher\u003Cbr>Day | \\# 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