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Board approves 2025–26 classified salary placement and 4% across-the-board adjustment
Summary
The Show Low School District board approved a recommended compensation package for classified staff, including a standard 4% increase and a plan to revisit salary schedule placement next year.
The Show Low School District board voted to approve a classified compensation and salary placement schedule for fiscal year 2025–26 that implements a baseline 4% adjustment and begins a multi‑year effort to realign pay scales.
Doctor Farnsworth and the director of business presented a district salary survey that compared classified positions with surrounding districts and recommended increases after finding many positions below market. The board motion to approve the presented schedule passed unanimously.
Board members asked whether the 4% increase would keep payers ahead of minimum-wage adjustments and whether employees who are close to the minimum wage would be left behind. Farnsworth said most employees would see increases larger than 4% because of reclassification and placement changes planned for the following fiscal year. “After we do our salary schedules next year, everybody should be placed exactly where they should be,” he said.
The board discussion noted that some positions — named in the presentation as veterinary workers — remain at minimum wage and that the district plans further work next year to place employees according to years of experience and education.
The board approved the item by voice vote. The motion included ratification of the schedule so the district could issue work agreements to hourly employees and proceed with hiring for 2025–26.
