Deadline for School system early retirement today -, Albany
News, Weather, Sports  Deadline for School system early
retirement today  Posted: Updated:  By Karen Cohilas - bio |
email  ALBANY, GA (WALB) - More than 20 Dougherty County School
System employees expressed interest in an early retirement
program. Employees had to notify system administrators by 4
Friday afternoon if they wanted to take part in what is being
called the Alternate Career Incentive Plan.  It was offered to
more than 300 employees as an incentive to try to save money
during a tight budget year. Employees with 25 to 29-years of
service will get 15-percent of their salary if they retire.
Those with more than 30-years are eligible for 25-percent of
their salary.  Robert Lloyd said, "The goal is to save money and
flush out of the system those people who were considering
retirement but hadn't decided to retire but now have."  Final
figures won't be known until Monday, but late this afternoon, 22
employees had expressed an interest in the pro