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IB coordinator alleges post-contract salary-scale change; Round Rock ISD administration says no contractual breach
Summary
Nicole Simo, an IB coordinator in Round Rock ISD, told trustees a salary-scale change announced Aug. 8, 2025, altered the pay structure after her contract became binding; administration argued Simo received a 1% increase, that House Bill 2 funding rules limited eligibility, and recommended denying the grievance. The board moved into closed session to consult counsel.
Melissa Ross, vice president of the Round Rock Independent School District Board of Trustees, opened the Feb. 12 meeting and introduced Agenda D: a Level 3 grievance filed by Nicole Simo, an IB coordinator at Spicewood Elementary.
Simo told the board she accepted a term contract on April 2, 2025, the board approved the 2025–26 compensation plan on June 3, 2025 (publicly shared June 11), she signed her contract on July 1 and began performance July 15. She said that on Aug. 8, 2025—18 working days into her contract—she was informed IB coordinators had been moved to a newly created "professional campus support" salary scale, which altered the salary structure under which she had begun performing.
"Once a term contract has been executed, once the compensation plan has been adopted, and once performance has begun, may the salary scale under which that employee is working be altered without written amendment and without meaningful…
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