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Board hears teacher and counselor objections to proposed management pay increase; staff recommends tabling
Summary
Trustees heard teachers and a counselor oppose a proposed increase to a classified management salary schedule; staff told the board the higher posted salary did not yield qualified applicants and recommended tabling the item and reposting at the original salary.
Trustees heard public criticism and staff explanation about a proposed increase to a classified management salary schedule and were told staff will table the proposal and repost the job at the existing salary.
Two district employees spoke directly to the board. Jenny Craig, identified as a teacher in WPUSD, said she spoke both as an educator and a parent and complained that the agenda included "an administrative position that has probably already been voted on and approved for a significant pay raise" while classroom teachers, she said, are leaving for higher pay…
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