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Board discusses unified pay scale, speech-language pathologists and executive pay options
Summary
HR staff presented options to adjust pay scales and warned that changes carry cascading budget and compression risks; the board requested market benchmarks and costed options.
Virginia Beach ' Human Resources staff briefed the School Board on possible refinements to the division's unified and instructional pay scales, including the potential reclassification of speech-language pathologists, elimination of an entry-level unified pay grade and creation of an executive pay scale for senior leaders; board members asked for more analysis on costs, market benchmarks and impact on recruitment. Darnita Trotman, chief human resources officer, and Judith Wood, coordinator of classification and compensation, presented three policy options the board has previously raised: (1) move speech-language pathologists (SLPs) from the instructional pay scale to the unified pay scale (PL-2), (2) eliminate unified pay grade 7 and move those employees to grade 8…
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