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Lafourche Parish school board adopts new salary schedule and creates senior administrative roles
Summary
The Lafourche Parish School Board voted May 7 to adopt a restructured salary schedule and create new senior positions intended to boost teacher pay competitiveness and align pay for extracurricular coaches and paraprofessionals. The board approved the plan after a vendor study and public comment.
The Lafourche Parish School Board on May 7 approved a newly designed salary schedule and an organizational restructure aimed at raising teacher pay and realigning staffing roles across the district.
The board authorized creation of a chief academic officer and an executive director of operational services and directed the superintendent to prepare job descriptions and advertise the positions. The board also approved a new salary system that adjusts step increases, raises some coaching indices and removes the separate CSEP coaching scale so long‑time paraprofessionals receive pay more comparable to teachers.
Byron Hendrick, who presented the package to the board as part of a vendor review, said the plan was…
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