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Sumner County Schools presents budget with teacher pay increase, innovation center lease and $250K for accessibility; commissioners begin committee review
Summary
Dr. Blackton, superintendent of Sumner County Schools, presented the district’s proposed budget and strategic initiatives, including a starting teacher salary of $50,500, a proposed 60,000 sq. ft. innovation center lease, and an initial $250,000 capital allocation for playground accessibility.
Dr. Blackton, superintendent of Sumner County Schools, presented the district’s proposed budget and strategic initiatives to the county commission’s education committee, highlighting pay raises, career‑technical expansions, a proposed innovation center lease and investments in school safety and early‑education consolidation.
"We believe it's possible that we could get around $10,000,000 a year from outside money to help support and drive innovation," Dr. Blackton said while describing plans for the Carroll and Smith Innovation Center, a 60,000‑square‑foot leased space the district proposes to use for countywide career and technical education. The district said the lease rate is $6 per square foot — about $363,000 annually — and that nearly $1 million in outside commitments had already been secured to launch the center.
Key budget items and compensation changes: the superintendent said the district plans to set starting teacher pay at…
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