USD 229 Blue Valley has been reducing hours for hourly workers, such as paraprofessionals, and cutting benefits in what district officials claim is a plan to curb a $10 million budget shortfall — but we now know the district gave some executives generous raises last school year.
More than 20 Blue Valley executives got pay increases of more than 6 percent. Most hovered around 6.5 percent, but a few saw much larger increases. Chief among those was Chief Communication Officer Kaci Brutto, whose pay jumped a whopping 37.2 percent between 2025 and 2026, from $142,506 to $195,560…