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Watertown board approves 2026 calendar, personnel changes, pay increases and course additions
Summary
On voice votes the board approved the 2026 annual meeting and election calendar, a personnel report, increased substitute pay, higher election inspector rates, new high‑school courses, a calendar amendment and several donations and trips.
The Watertown City School District board approved a series of routine but consequential items during its meeting, including the 2026 annual meeting, budget hearing and election calendar; a comprehensive personnel report; increased substitute pay; and a set of new high‑school courses.
The board adopted the 2026 calendar as presented after a motion and second. Members also approved the personnel report covering resignations, retirements, appointments (probationary and non‑probationary), literacy coordinator and various instructional and non‑instructional hires. The board approved increased substitute, tutor and summer school teacher rates effective in January 2026.
Trustees approved a raise in election inspector compensation to $16.50 per hour (and $17.50 per hour in a specified category referenced as the achievement spectrum) to be effective for the May 19, 2026 budget vote and school elections. The board also approved a slate of new courses at Watertown High School — including advanced manufacturing level 3 and several biology and chemistry offerings — and amended the 2025–26 academic calendar to accommodate testing dates for grades 9–12 while keeping K–8 in session.
Several educational and athletic trips were approved and the board accepted multiple donations to support students (donation amounts listed in board materials). Most motions were adopted on voice votes; the transcript records the motions were moved, seconded and the chair declaring "Motion carries" but does not include roll‑call tallies in the public record.
