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School board approves classified pay scale changes, adds student support monitors and makes raises retroactive
Summary
The board adopted 'Option 3' to raise classified pay across salary scales, agreed to lift student support monitor pay to a $15 minimum (with higher pay for additional responsibilities) and made the adjustment retroactive to the first day of the school year.
The Accomack County School Board voted Feb. 4 to adopt a classified‑pay adjustment package labeled “Option 3,” moving minimum hourly rates up across several salary bands and directing the increases to be applied retroactively to the first day of the school year.
Board members discussed three options earlier in the meeting. Option 3 would affect the most employees and, as presented, contained the largest percentage increases at the bottom of the scale (approximately an 11 percent increase for the lowest band) with progressively smaller increases for higher bands. The board also approved a related proposal to raise student support monitors (SSMs) to a minimum of $15 per hour and to pay $16 per hour for SSMs assigned additional responsibilities such as monitoring medical conditions; the board directed that the SSM increase be included in the motion.
The motion as amended — Option 3 with SSM adjustments and retroactivity to day one of the school year — was moved and seconded and carried on a voice vote; a board member recorded an abstention during the roll call that followed.
During discussion members asked why bus drivers were not included in the package; staff said drivers are paid a daily rate that currently averages above $15/hour and that the board could request a separate review of route pay if desired. A board member asked staff to return with proposals for other groups if the board wanted to address them in a future action.
Ending: The board directed staff to implement the new pay scales and to prepare necessary payroll adjustments to reflect the retroactive effective date.
