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Parents and staff tell Lake Travis ISD board shortages tied to pay and proposed aide cuts risk student services
Summary
Multiple staff and parents told the Lake Travis ISD board that school psychologists and fine‑arts aides are leaving amid pay gaps and budget proposals; speakers urged restoring or protecting aide positions and raising psychologist pay to retain staff.
At the Lake Travis Independent School District board meeting, multiple teachers, aides and parents urged the board to address staff shortages in special education and to reverse or reconsider proposed cuts to fine‑arts aide positions.
The most direct account came from Ashley Rue Hunter, a district school psychologist, who said her pay is lower than starting psychologists in neighboring districts and that resignations are rising. “As a 21‑year practicing school psychologist, I earn less money in Lake Travis ISD than a starting school psychologist … Current data shows we have lost more than 20% of our school psychologists in 2022–23 and 23–24,” Hunter said during public comment, adding that as of a…
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