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Boerne ISD to spend $4.8 million from voter-approved tax ratification on pay, stipends and benefits
Summary
After canvassing Nov. 4 election results, Boerne ISD trustees and Superintendent Dr. Kraft outlined plans to dedicate roughly 80% of the $4.8 million raised toward recruiting and retaining staff, including raising starting teacher pay to $60,000 and adding stipends for special education roles.
Boerne Independent School District trustees formally canvassed the Nov. 4 voter‑approval tax ratification election and moved Monday to begin implementing the plan the district called VADER, Superintendent Dr. Kraft said.
Dr. Kraft told the board the election will bring approximately $3 million in local revenue and $1.8 million in state funds — a total of $4.8 million — that district leaders budgeted in June for staff compensation, academic programming and facility replacement. "Eighty percent of the dollars go to retaining and recruiting staff," Dr. Kraft said in her report, adding that the district will publish detailed salary scales once legally permissible.
The superintendent and…
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