Cabot Board approves supplemental and administrative salary changes and updates policies
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The board approved changes to supplemental pay, an updated administrative salary schedule and multiple policy updates recommended by the Arkansas School Boards Association; some new coordinator positions and contract-day changes were included.
The Cabot School Board approved revisions to the district’s supplemental pay and administrative salary schedules, and accepted a packet of policy updates recommended by the Arkansas School Boards Association (ASBA). The board voted to restore some positions, add proposed coordinator roles and update contract-day assignments for several administrative posts.
Superintendent Tony Thurman and district staff presented the proposed changes. Key items in the supplemental-salary proposal included a $1,000 payment for national teacher-certification renewal, restoring the high-school auditorium manager stipend to $4,000, and moving the junior ROTC assistant director onto a 225-day contract. The administrative salary schedule carried proposed new or reclassified positions: a proposed district behavior coordinator (200-day position), a pre-K assistant principal on a 210-day contract with a new salary band, and changing a previously named 240-day athletic coordinator role back to assistant athletic director at the same 240-day salary range. Staff said PPC (the employee committee) had approved the last two proposals prior to the board meeting.
Board members also approved a set of policy updates covering sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the board policy manual; section 4 (student handbook) was deferred for presentation next month. Staff said the ASBA changes reflect the recent legislative session and adjustments needed to align district personnel policy language with LERNs; one personnel policy change removed the term “nonrenewal” to match the state guidance.
Board members moved and seconded the motions; each motion was carried by voice vote in the recorded meeting. The board directed staff to implement the approved salary schedule changes for the 2025–26 year and to bring the student-handbook policy (section 4) back at the June meeting.
Administrators noted the salary and contract-day adjustments were presented with job classifications and that some positions were only proposed pending job descriptions (for example, the behavior coordinator). The board emphasized it was approving the schedules as presented and authorized the superintendent or deputy superintendent to carry out administrative steps to implement the changes.