Rina Horgan

"It is not illegal because it's a supplemental payment," School Attorney Monica Conrad said. "Supplemental payments do not need to be negotiated."

"I think you guys are well on your way to be one of the first schools in Indiana this year to have a contract settled," school attorney Monica Conrad told the school board Tuesday.

School City of Hammond may soon be cutting administrative positions. The school board Tuesday voted to let Superintendent Scott Miller issue preliminary notice to administrators whose contracts may not be renewed.

Schedule changes and staff reassignments continued to cause frustration at Tuesday's Hammond School Board meeting.