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School committee approves contracts and salary ranges for administrators and Unit C
Summary
The committee approved FY26 salary ranges for non-represented administrative staff, renewed the school business administrator’s contract (FY26–28), approved a superintendent COLA, and ratified a successor collective-bargaining agreement for Unit C covering Sept. 2025–Aug. 2028; all motions passed unanimously, 5–0.
The Wakefield School Committee unanimously approved a set of personnel and compensation items on Tuesday, including administrative salary ranges, the business administrator’s contract, a superintendent salary adjustment and a successor contract for Unit C paraprofessionals.
The committee voted 5–0 to: approve salary ranges for FY26 for non-represented administrative staff (district administrators, coordinators, IT staff and building principals) and to authorize the superintendent to negotiate individual agreements within those ranges; renew the school business administrator contract for fiscal years 2026 through 2028; and approve the superintendent’s FY26 contract including a 3.5% cost-of-living adjustment. The committee also approved the successor collective-bargaining agreement between the Wakefield School Committee and the Wakefield Education Association, Unit C, for the period Sept. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2028 (vote 5–0).
Committee members thanked School Business Administrator Christine Mufagna for her communication and fiscal work and praised the labor and personnel subcommittee and Unit C representatives for a collaborative negotiation process. Committee members said the approvals were consistent with prior finance-subcommittee discussions and the superintendent’s evaluation.
All personnel motions were recorded as unanimous (5–0); motions were moved and seconded per the meeting minutes.
