Superintendent seeks administrator, classified raises; board approves and notes state notification

Dr. Hemming, superintendent, told the board she was presenting two requests: raises for administrators for the 2025–26 school year and raises for classified staff. She explained a key payroll nuance: salaried classified employees are paid on the school-year calendar and "will receive a retroactive payment as a result of this being the 2025–26 school year," while hourly classified staff will receive higher hourly rates starting in January without retroactive checks.

Board members moved, seconded and approved the administrative rates and the classified staff raises by voice vote; the transcript does not include individual roll-call tallies. Dr. Hemming said the board’s approval would move the compensation changes forward for implementation and payroll adjustments.

Separately, Dr. Hemming noted a required public notification concerning the Indiana Department of Education funding floor and the teacher compensation notification. She explained the district is not meeting a state-established threshold for the percentage of education-fund dollars going toward teacher compensation because the district reduced staffing to align expenditures with revenues; she said the content required by the state and an explanatory document would be posted on the district website.

"So our classified salaried employees will receive a retroactive payment as a result of this being the 2025–26 school year," Dr. Hemming said during her presentation. She added that the district will continue transparent reporting about revenues and expenditures to explain the notification to the public.

The approvals give administrators authority to implement the new rates and require HR and payroll to process retroactive and calendar-year changes according to the timetable described.