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Sherman ISD board approves 2025–26 pay plan, including $3,100 bump for starting teachers
Summary
The Sherman ISD Board of Trustees approved a 2025–26 compensation plan that raises the district's proposed starting teacher salary by $3,100 to $60,000, expands raises for auxiliary and clerical staff and keeps current stipend levels while directing a stipend review.
The Sherman Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the district's 2025–26 compensation plan Thursday, a package administrators said will raise starting teacher pay, increase auxiliary and clerical wages and keep the district budget balanced.
District staff presented a pay-plan framework that would raise the district's proposed starting teacher salary by $3,100 to reach $60,000, create a 6% increase for auxiliary staff, a 4% increase for certain professional staff and targeted 3% to 4% increases across administrative pay grades. The presentation summarized the district's modeling of 1%–4% compensation scenarios returned from the state comparison process.
School officials said the package responds to new funding tied to House Bill 2 and to recent local market movement. Dr. O'Neil (district official) told the board that with the HB…
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