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Board debates balanced teacher pay scale, supervisor add-ons and options for classified raises
Summary
Board members and staff discussed moving certified teachers to a balanced salary schedule, placing supervisors on a certified daily-rate plus add-on model, and options for classified pay increases (6% vs. 10%). No formal salary vote was taken; staff were directed to model multiple scenarios and the budget impact.
Cumberland County — Board members spent a prolonged portion of Monday’s meeting on salary schedules and how to use next year’s funding to address persistent pay disparities for supervisors, school administrators and classified employees.
“We were talking about also supervisors going on that same daily rate too,” Ms. Bray said of a proposal to move supervisors onto a certified-teacher pay scale and then apply a fixed daily add-on. She presented comparative tables showing current pay, a proposal that adds a fixed percentage ("17 13" in the packet), and a balanced scale alternative that evens out step-to-step progression.
Nut graf: The discussion focused on three linked problems — certified teacher scale imbalances that leave some supervisors below teacher pay at early steps, how to treat supervisors and principals (daily rate plus add-on versus separate scales), and classified staff starting pay that board members said hampers recruitment and retention. Board members asked staff…
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