After a lengthy discussion, Stewartville School Board members have decided to keep their salaries the same for 2021. The Board, at its annual organizational meeting last week, agreed that its chairman will earn $2,200 and its other members will be paid $1,900 each in the coming year. Rebecca Wortman, School Board chair, and members Nichol O'Neill, Lori-Miller Beach, Todd Emanuel, Will Welch, Ryan Ravenhorst and Scott Romens all agreed not to vote themselves a pay raise for 2021. School Board members haven't received a raise since the early 2000s. Dean Mikel, a recently retired Board member, said last year Board members hadn't gotten a pay raise for a long time... For more on this story pick up your copy of the Jan. 12 Stewartville STAR.
