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Superintendent advisory committee presents budget priorities: pay, staffing and facilities requests
Summary
Division instructional coach Katie F. Shaw and a panel of school staff presented survey-driven budget requests including salary increases, held-harmless health care treatment, lead-teacher stipends, an ELL and gifted teacher, a full-time building substitute, expanded professional learning funds, and facility repairs including a proposed auxiliary gym.
At the meeting, the superintendent’s advisory committee presented priorities for the upcoming budget year, asking the board to consider salary increases and several staffing and facilities additions drawn from an October staff survey.
Katie F. Shaw, division instructional coach, introduced the committee and presenters. Tom Johnson, a technical sciences teacher, framed the compensation request, saying staff are requesting “a good increase in salary” to reflect inflation and asking the board to continue holding staff harmless for increases in health-care costs. Johnson also asked the board to consider stipends for lead teachers taking on additional responsibilities and pay for class coaches.
Committee presenters outlined staffing needs captured in the survey: a division-level English-language-learner teacher, a division gifted teacher, an additional school security officer position (noting the positive impact of the current officer), and a full-time, building-based substitute to support classroom coverage. The committee also asked for continued support for collaborative special-education models.
On professional learning, presenters asked for continued funding for conference attendance and for increased tuition reimbursement for teachers enrolled in university coursework. On facilities, the committee requested roof repairs at the middle and high schools, playground improvements for the elementary school, construction of an auxiliary gym at the high school, and additional custodial staffing.
Board members thanked the committee for prior investments (interventionists, preschool expansion, curriculum supports) and asked members and the public to review the packet and proposed changes ahead of budget deliberations. The presentation provided the board with staff-driven priorities to inform the district’s formal budget process; no formal budget decision was made at the meeting.
