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Committee approves three-year contracts for youth development coordinator and SEL executive director; non‑affiliated raises authorized
Summary
Following executive session, the Barnstable School Committee approved three-year employment contracts for a youth development coordinator and the executive director of social-emotional learning and student services, and authorized a 3% salary increase for non‑affiliated personnel effective FY26, with exceptions noted in meeting materials.
After convening in executive session, the Barnstable School Committee returned to open session and approved several personnel actions memorialized in motions on April 2.
The committee voted to approve a three‑year employment contract for the youth development coordinator (motion text named the employee as "Lehi Dougherty") beginning July 1, 2025, with a base salary of $88,164 and other contract terms presented to the committee. It also approved a three‑year contract for the executive director of social-emotional learning and student services, Mary Beth Taylor, effective July 1, 2025, with a base salary of $147,525.28 as presented in the meeting materials.
The committee further approved a district‑wide non‑affiliated salary increase of 3% for FY26; the motion included an exception for three positions as described in the packet materials. Additionally, the committee approved a memorandum of agreement with the Barnstable Teachers Association regarding working conditions at the Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center and adopted a revised Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center special-education teacher job description.
Why it matters: The personnel actions finalize multi‑year commitments for key leadership roles in youth development and social‑emotional learning and implement a modest across‑the‑board raise for non‑represented staff. Those salary decisions are part of the district's broader FY26 compensation plan that the committee voted to adopt earlier in the evening.
Attribution and procedure: Each motion was made, seconded and carried by recorded affirmatives. The committee conducted the personnel deliberations in executive session consistent with personnel negotiation and contract rules and then returned to open session to make public motions and votes.
