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Board shifts $1.2M from principal supplements to classified pay after community concerns
Summary
Board members said community comments and constituent feedback drove a motion to reallocate $1.2 million from principals' and assistant principals' local supplements to increase classified staff supplements for 2025–26; staff will present updated budget figures to the full board.
The Cumberland County Board of Education committee agreed to change the superintendent’s recommended 2025–26 budget to move $1.2 million from local supplements for principals and assistant principals into classified staff supplements, responding to repeated public comments that lower‑paid classified employees were receiving smaller percentage increases.
Board member Jackie Warner introduced the change. Warner said that, based on conversations with constituents and classified staff, “those that make the most money as far as the salary adjustments...principals and assistant…
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