Compensation for Lindbergh Schools teachers at the top of a newly approved salary schedule totals more than $111,000 for the 2016-2017 school year.

Total compensation for beginning Lindbergh teachers for the coming school year is nearly $55,000.

The Board of Education recently voted unanimously to approve the salary schedule that provides an average raise of 1.25 percent for teachers for the 2016-2017 school year.

Under the salary schedule, teacher pay for the coming school year ranges from $39,234 to $87,834. Potential stipends available to teachers include an additional $2,500 per year for earning National Board Certification and an additional $3,000 per year for earning a doctorate degree.

Teachers also receive board-paid insurance — medical, dental, vision and life — totaling $8,188.20.

In addition, teachers receive a board-paid retirement contribution of 14.5 percent of their salary — which includes the cost of medical, dental and vision insurance.

For a teacher with a starting salary of $39,234, the 14.5-percent contribution totals $6,873.05. For a teacher with a top salary of $87,834, the 14.5-percent contribution totals $13,920. Teachers also pay 14.5 percent of their salary toward retirement.

Furthermore, the board pays a Medicare tax totaling 1.45 percent of a teacher’s salary.

For a starting teacher who is paid $39,234, the total compensation — insurance, retirement contribution and Medicare tax — is $54,864.14. For a teacher at the top of the pay schedule who earns $87,834 — without potential stipends — the total compensation is $111,215.84.

For the past school year, teacher salaries ranged from $38,750 to $86,750.

Teachers also are eligible to earn additional pay through such extra duties as coaching.

Under board policy, nonresident employees, including teachers, can enroll their children in district schools without paying tuition of $10,621 per student.

For the 2015-2016 school year, Lindbergh had 124 students attend school tuition free who were children of employees and did not live within district boundaries — a cost totaling more than $1.3 million. A total of 78 employees — teachers, support staff and administrators — utilized this benefit during the past school year.

Roughly 400 people attended the June 14 Board of Education meeting to show their support for Lindbergh teachers, who are dissatisfied with the average 1.25-percent salary increase.

Teachers also say they’re unhappy because they will not advance a step on the salary schedule for having another year of experience. To provide for step increases, an average 3-percent pay raise is needed to fund the pay schedule.

Teachers and their supporters say Lindbergh’s teacher pay is lagging compared to nearby districts and contend that the lack of competitiveness will result in Lindbergh teachers leaving for districts that pay educators more.

The school board did not approve a salary schedule for teachers June 14, but instead voted to have teachers distribute the average 1.25-percent increase throughout the schedule as they see fit and return it to the board before 5 p.m. June 30.

However, in a Facebook post, Lindbergh National Education Association President Kim Scronce wrote that the teachers’ union notified district officials that it would not submit another salary proposal.

During a special meeting on June 30, board members voted unanimously to approve the teacher salary schedule for the 2016-2017 school year.