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(Omaha, NE) -- Most Westside Community Schools staff members are getting stipends in an effort to recruit and retain more workers. Monday night the school board approved $1,575 stipends for returning teachers and $975 dollar stipends for new teachers. Returning food workers, bus drivers, and custodians will get $1,275 and new workers will get $775. The money will be given out in two separate payments throughout the school year.