Superintendent: administrators fall behind comparables; district tightening transfer approvals
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Summary
Superintendent told the Yelm board that many administrative positions are paid 12% to 30% below comparable districts and that the district is denying a growing number of student transfer requests to preserve classroom staffing amid capacity limits.
The superintendent told the Yelm Community Schools Board on April 17 that district administrators and other positions under Policy 05/2010 are paid substantially below comparable districts and that she will bring a proposal to the board to address competitiveness.
"What we're finding is we're finding that our administrators and those in policy 53,310 are anywhere from 30, to 12%, behind comparables," the superintendent said, adding that "last year, all of those positions got 0% increase for this school year and our, administrators also had furlough days between 5 and 10." She said she would bring options for the board's consideration in the coming weeks.
On student transfers, the superintendent told the board the district is denying a growing number of transfer requests because of building capacity. "We are denying, quite a few transfers given capacity to our buildings," she said, and added that accepting transfers does not always solve staffing mismatches across grade levels.
The superintendent framed the transfer denials as a measure to ensure manageable class sizes for students and staff who live in the district. She said the district will continue processing out-of-district transfer requests at the end of the month and expects to deny additional requests if capacity is exceeded.
Board members asked for follow-up information; the superintendent said she would meet with board members and staff to present options to retain staff and keep positions competitive.
