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Teacher asks Hermiston School Board to begin discussion on compensating future board members

5560977 · August 12, 2025
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At the Aug. 11 Hermiston School District board meeting, teacher and resident Roy Barone urged the board to begin a conversation about providing future board members with a modest stipend, saying compensation would broaden recruitment and reflect the time commitment required.

Roy Barone, a teacher at Morin Larvie Middle School speaking as a constituent, urged the Hermiston School District Board of Education on Aug. 11 to begin discussing compensation for future board members.

"Serving on the school board is far more than attending 2 meetings a month," Barone said. "It's reviewing hundreds of pages of budgets, policies, contracts, and student data. It's making decisions that directly affect the education of thousands of students, the safety of our schools, and the…

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