School board passes new salary/benefit plan

The Laramie County School District 2 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new benefits and salary plan Monday night, which includes the addition of a deductible and a base salary increase.

“We feel we have an excellent benefits package at LCSD2, and we try to find ways to keep it as rich as it is,” said the district’s business director Rob Bryant.

LCSD2 was forced to maintain that competitive plan in the face of rising premiums. Bryant said, due to more large claims last year and “unknowns from the Affordable Care Act,” the premiums were at risk of rising to about 26 percent.

“It was going...