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District presents employee engagement survey results; pay raises and stipends ranked highest
Summary
Oldham County Schools reported results of an employee engagement survey, cited pay raises and one‑time stipends as top retention tools, and outlined five focus areas for next steps.
Oldham County Schools officials on Monday presented findings from a recent employee engagement survey to the Board of Education, saying they had received 983 staff responses and that certified staff made up about 70.4% of respondents.
Presenter Mister Deaves said the district is using roadshows and focus groups to hear staff from “students, employees, families and community” and to shape next steps on recruitment and retention. The presentation listed five themes for opportunity: salary, workload, resources, staff support and communication.
District officials told the board that the two most‑cited retention and recruitment priorities were recent pay raises and one‑time stipends described in the presentation as $2,000 and $1,000 awards. Officials said the stipends had been distributed over the past several years as one‑time payments rather than permanent salary increases.
Deaves said staff generally supported maintaining the current schedule of teacher workdays (57% favored the existing schedule) after the district asked whether to change how workdays and mandated training days are scheduled. He also said the district had used all 10 NTI (nontraditional instruction) days available this school year and that staff had varying preferences about when to complete mandated online compliance trainings.
Superintendent Doctor Radford told the board that the district may soon have legislative clarity: lawmakers in Frankfort were considering a bill that could allow forgiveness of two missed traditional snow days, but officials cautioned the measure was not yet enacted.
Deaves said other recurring concerns raised in open‑ended responses were compensation, workload and planning time, facilities and resources, and staff support. He told the board the district is compiling a package of recruitment and retention proposals and will return with more specifics in the coming month.
Board members asked district leaders about logistics and costs for moving days on the calendar, pay implications for bus drivers and food‑service staff, and whether principals and teachers had been consulted. District leaders said principals had been consulted and could adapt plans locally, and that additional teacher input could be gathered if the board wanted it.
