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Social workers, bus monitors press board for retroactive pay; budget tool shows board and cabinet aligned on pay and EC funding priorities
Summary
Social workers, bus monitors and their supporters pressed the Durham school board to use fund balance to pay retroactive master's pay and bus‑monitor supplements, and a staff budget exercise later in the meeting showed close alignment between the board and cabinet on pay priorities including a bus driver supplement and expanded master's pay.
A group of Durham Public Schools social workers and supporters urged the school board during public comment to use available fund balance to provide retroactive master's pay for school social workers and to fund bus‑monitor supplements, saying the district made and then reversed promises earlier in the year.
"It's been six months, half a year later, and still no fulfillment of that plan. I'm gonna be honest, harm has been done and trust has been broken," school social worker JB Allen said, describing repeated promises that were not delivered. Multiple speakers asked the board to provide retro pay estimated by speakers at roughly $80,000 for social workers and a bus‑monitor supplement estimates ranging from about $130,000 to $200,000, paid from the…
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