West Bend board approves 2025–26 pay increases for certified staff, support staff, administrators and coaches
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The West Bend School District board voted Feb. 23 to approve multiple 2025–26 compensation items — including certified‑staff base wages, support‑staff increases, administrator raises, coach stipends and supplemental pay — with retroactive pay slated for the March 26 paycheck.
The West Bend Joint School District No. 1 board approved a package of 2025–26 compensation increases covering certified staff, support staff, administrators, co‑curricular advisors and athletics coaches at its Feb. 23 meeting.
Assistant Superintendent Lenny Hansen, who presented the proposals, said the increases were reached after several negotiation sessions with the West Bend Education Association and the district’s bargaining team. “We are very grateful to the WBEA who has engaged in base wage negotiations over several weeks,” Hansen said, adding the raises are retroactive to the start of the fiscal year and that retro pay is expected on the March 26 paycheck.
Board members moved each item through individually. The board approved the certified‑staff base wages agreement by voice vote. The support‑staff compensation proposal and the accompanying 2026–27 wage scales were approved after the board voted; Dr. Tamez recorded an abstention on the support‑staff item. Subsequent items — administrator compensation for 2025–26, co‑curricular advisor and athletics coach compensation proposals, and the supplemental work compensation schedule — were also approved by voice vote.
The actions were presented as separate agenda items in order to show each group’s adjustments and the next year’s wage scales where applicable. Hansen told the board the administration will process retro pay on the March 26 payroll and implement the new hourly/rate schedules going forward.
The board’s approvals close the negotiation and approval loop for this fiscal year’s compensation work; the items will be reflected in payroll and the board’s published minutes and documents for the 2025–26 fiscal year.