Germantown board approves 3.05% pay increase for most staff, excludes district administrator

The Germantown School District Board of Education on May 5 approved a 3.05% pay-rate increase for professional, technical and support staff and for administrators, excluding the district administrator, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, effective July 1, 2025.

The board moved into closed session earlier in the meeting under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e) for competitive bargaining and 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment and compensation matters, then reconvened to approve the pay increase. Board member Brown made the motion and board member Higginbotham seconded it; the motion passed on a voice vote with one abstention. A board member said for transparency that they have a family member who works in one of the affected groups and stated, "I will abstain from voting on this item." The meeting record did not provide a roll-call tally of yes votes for this motion.

Board members said the decision gives employees clarity about compensation before the next school year. In open session a board member thanked staff and budget planners, saying the board was "glad we were able to honor that again for [staff] this year" and that they appreciated the number budgeted for the increase. The board did not discuss in open session specific funding sources or provide a line-item budget breakdown for the increase during the portion of the transcript provided.

The meeting convened at 5:02 p.m. and adjourned at 5:55 p.m.

The board also completed routine business including approval of the meeting agenda and a motion to adjourn. No other formal actions related to compensation were recorded in the provided transcript.