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Kev (presenter) summarized revenues: local sales and adult/à‑la‑carte payments are a small portion of total receipts (the program is predominantly federally reimbursed), and the USDA commodity account is shown as a wash entry. He noted the program experienced a significant shortfall earlier in the year because of 16 inclement‑weather closure days — the program continued to pay staff while school meals were not served — but said the March receipts brought the year back “in the black.” Kev reported the district had relied on several one‑time grants in recent years (local foods, supply‑chain assistance) that are not expected to recur and said the absence of those grants tightened the program’s near‑term outlook.

On expenditures, the presenter walked through wages for cafeteria staff (most 210‑day employees with summer work optional), maintenance positions that service kitchen equipment, commodity delivery and other contracted services, and the line items for planned cafeteria capital work. He noted Stone Memorial High School (SMHS) is the next cafeteria renovation on the list and described it as the most expensive site renovation because of layout and equipment needs; staff said they plan to delay that renovation if the grant money does not materialize. Under the draft that assumes a 2% pay increase in cafeteria staffing, staff estimated about $150,000 would roll to fund balance for the program; under a 10% increase scenario the fund balance would be negative, and staff said they would need to identify savings or postpone the SMHS work.

Kev closed by saying the program aims to end the school year with a positive fund balance and urged the board to consider the fragility of food‑service margins when considering larger district salary and benefit changes.

Ending: The board took no immediate action on food service lines but acknowledged the program’s limited flexibility without recurring grant support; staff will return with any adjustments after final salary and benefit decisions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOE Budget Meeting 4-15-25","oneSentenceSummary","The district’s food service director reviewed the 143 budget, explaining how federal reimbursements, one‑time grants, and weather‑related closures affected the program, and why the planned Stone Memorial High School cafeteria renovation may be delayed.","taxTitle","Cumberland County, School Districts, Tennessee","taxId",76410,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6603428,"Cumberland County board debates rebalancing teacher salary scale; cost estimates range from about $200,000 to $700,000 depending on approach",986,844000,1830000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000205-b2fca53094762580a7082fbe5b09b12c&start=844&end=1830","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000205-b2fca53094762580a7082fbe5b09b12c/thumbnail_844000.jpg","/articles/6603428/Tennessee/Cumberland-County-board-debates-rebalancing-teacher-salary-scale-cost-estimates-range-from-about-200000-to-700000-depending-on-approach","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603428-9f126094b66740c14606858cd9594bd6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139139&Signature=CTLPBhrXTUR777vZkJ9TpJbT4WXTPAs-yTEAWyn01j6AB2rcS9DzaY7q3QHV~Z8TShE1fQFGaIJQWB5LOSFUvL4FRDq6LnZ~jePTqG8rgEQoTDycOpFo7IcZGbOXAeETrGLoRJjw3MRSftJTGFzd~Yhghf9Or5OhERyHwFIZurgLrx8cG3Ks~aMdOrxAzxPN7ci9tp2VIMuNL56j~IjYwRNIem4nA8y5TNVYYjQRhIBsKwyksoFFglCVQUZ76V-e-j8nzkD1LReiBRR92sIgPdTnIx9pX2T4tY~ymsoWEAxu4DyAUXzxzIT3Un4VVONb5KxSZb-~hPyJqi3Wu0mNvw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Board members of the Cumberland County Board of Education spent the meeting’s largest block of time reviewing proposed changes to the certified salary scale and options for phasing or freezing higher-degree steps.

The discussion centered on two goals: make the district’s salary trajectory more “balanced” across degree levels and avoid creating or aggravating pay compression between classroom teachers and supervisory positions. Dr. Farley, who reviewed an employee survey for the board, said employees placed pay first, “the most important thing to them was salary and hourly wages.”

Administrators presented several models. One proposal — described as a “balance” scale — would add five years of steps beyond the current 25‑year cap to extend to 30 years and apply consistent step increases between degree tiers. An alternative is a phased approach that limits changes initially to bachelor’s and master’s scales and reduces increases for EdS and doctorate steps so those higher tiers contract or “freeze” for a period while new hires are placed on a rebalanced scale.

Board members and staff quantified potential budget impacts but did not adopt a final option. Staff reported that one change would add “a little over $200,000” in local costs in an initial estimate tied to adding five years of steps; other calculations presented by staff suggested scenario savings of about $400,000 if higher tiers are frozen and compressed differently. At one point staff said a multi-year phase that included freezing some steps could reduce immediate expenditures but would increase near‑term costs, “about $707,000 the next year or two,” in a scenario discussed by the group. Those numbers were presented as estimates and staff said more precise totals would follow once final options were chosen and coded into the budget.

Speakers pressed for implementation details and for the effect on supervisory pay. Board members asked how expanding the teacher cap to 30 years would affect pay differentials between teachers and principals or other supervisors; staff noted the district could address that with a supervisory supplement or by creating a separate supervisory pay scale but said that would require additional modeling.

No formal vote was taken on the salary proposals during this meeting. Staff and board members directed follow‑up work: refine the preferred model, run precise costings for the next fiscal year, and prepare materials for the upcoming work session so the board can decide whether to phase changes, freeze particular high‑degree steps, or adopt the full balance scale.

Ending: Board members agreed to continue analysis and to present a consolidated proposal for the work session; they also flagged the budget timing constraint that salary decisions will affect the 142/143 budget presentations that must be finalized in time for budget adoption.","Board members of the Cumberland County Board of Education spent the meeting’s largest block of time reviewing proposed changes to the certified salary scale and options for phasing or freezing higher‑degree steps.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6603416,"Board approves meeting agenda by voice vote",29,87000,116000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000205-b2fca53094762580a7082fbe5b09b12c&start=87&end=116","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000205-b2fca53094762580a7082fbe5b09b12c/thumbnail_87000.jpg","/articles/6603416/Tennessee/Board-approves-meeting-agenda-by-voice-vote","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603416-05d5e7c78a50f5dff89a09b729be5ab9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139139&Signature=kJXNW0BP9GB3DRkk3X5tGDDlJSvHBDb5H98d0-iWBtdgv-30Dq83bDUfNH9lR9Bw2gdFVKOt9LujbkzuL1dSRY7lfFOf2itDco~6xJpsw6jH813rPWVMEwamBkq8BthqvQF532CBSM1MOgrs42k90LY6piPl8boXR2xJcOAQ-V5d-hNJ9QvDnAmFnovXKcbe8y2j9pc-9bYtMtuen37xUAP4tFkWUJrJhWw8EKAKkQcUXih9w3zAWhgJmalpW7po-MnvY56Rsr~8SoTYb5YcO2D3cCSkNuWFRWJasfdZVFSrdKj0txWk7ofrWBV8dCpYqJupduM7fNLQHwG9py~oZg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The meeting opened with a motion to approve the agenda; a board member moved the motion and another board member seconded. The chair called for the ayes and noted the motion carried by voice vote. No formal roll‑call or recorded tally was entered in the transcript.

Ending: Approval of the agenda set the meeting order for discussion of the budget draft and related items.","At the start of the session the Cumberland County Board of Education approved the meeting agenda; a motion was moved and seconded and the ayes carried. No roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6603423,"Board discusses insurance contribution changes and tradeoffs with classified pay increases",2311,4381000,6692000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000205-b2fca53094762580a7082fbe5b09b12c&start=4381&end=6692","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000205-b2fca53094762580a7082fbe5b09b12c/thumbnail_4381000.jpg","/articles/6603423/Tennessee/Board-discusses-insurance-contribution-changes-and-tradeoffs-with-classified-pay-increases","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603423-99fc0a5caff185c023ad7c62d0d63555/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139139&Signature=g0QWjHC6CpsmEDIUG3kwCJstqZ5HQ0LpHkWixoTwFWcpJd3bdIkA854B8b~Vdbb3zIIgPJN0lAeX~xGdJACFPYGZN-AsJP8OdxyZKNnqM7Hyz9BwGCzkPPrBLvBo2f0wNyCoM5AfllN6-ZA6PPh0gYa~a~pYh-WzvjmnuOf2r2F-CLaE8tW3I7-ausQ5~9GMa2WG7uc~slF0bxVz-mZR-PHw9lHtj4Vy0zR43wdxvcjxJfiCuJcnY0QOehx6haArnmcUxljqLCPV4xf~ukeFZK3lB1PynCtnZfgnmTalG~VxL0vLd30oA7ZqNiX0wYRuhz2eShTzIMa2vXGcQssTMQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Cumberland County Board of Education members examined options to reduce district spending on employee health benefits to free local funds for salary increases. Discussion focused on splitting dependent coverage costs, narrowing plan options, and grandfathering current employees while applying new cost shares to future hires.

Miss Bray presented spreadsheets showing the financial effect of several contribution models. She told the board that splitting dependent coverage (employee‑plus‑dependent costs) could produce monthly savings for the district: with the district continuing to pay single coverage at 100% and moving dependent coverage to a split, her worksheet showed the district could save “about $160,327 a month” under the current census of enrollees and plan selections. Staff also presented annualized scenarios that put the difference for a 50/50 dependent split in the neighborhood of $1 million to $2 million depending on plan uptake and current premiums; staff noted the plan rates will reset in January and that figures will change.

Board members repeatedly raised distributional concerns. Several members said classified employees and single‑parent households would be disproportionately affected if the district shifted costs for dependent coverage onto employees. One board member summarized that moving expense from benefits into salary improves retirement compounding for employees but can be a “hindrance” for hourly (classified) staff who need higher take‑home pay now.

No final policy change was adopted. The board directed staff to produce a clearer, per‑school and per‑employee breakdown of how many employees would be affected by dependent coverage splits, and to model grandfathering scenarios (current employees retain present coverage while new hires receive the new contribution structure). Staff also suggested surveying employees on specific proposals but noted the survey results can be expected to favor 100% coverage if asked directly.

Ending: The board left benefits options as a central lever to fund pay increases but requested more granular data (classified vs. certified counts and costs), and additional modeling showing the tradeoffs between insurance contribution changes and direct salary increases.","Board members reviewed options to reduce district insurance costs (80/20, 70/30, 50/50 dependent contributions or grandfathering), weighing those options against raising salaries for certified and classified staff; staff provided monthly and annual cost estimates tied to each scenario.","actionData","errors"]

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Food service director presents 143 budget; Stone Memorial High School cafeteria renovation pushed as federal grants end

Cumberland County board debates rebalancing teacher salary scale; cost estimates range from about $200,000 to $700,000 depending on approach

Board approves meeting agenda by voice vote

Board discusses insurance contribution changes and tradeoffs with classified pay increases