Lamar County School Board adopts FY2027 salary scale, sets superintendent pay at $160,000

The Lamar County School District Board of Education approved the district's FY2027 salary scale at its March 10 meeting, setting the County Superintendent of Education salary at $160,000 and formalizing teacher and staff pay schedules for the coming year.

The action came as part of the consent agenda, which the board approved unanimously among members present (Jordan Carlisle: yea; Shae Farmer: yea; Lance LeFan: yea; Jared Slade: yea; Jennie Hensarling: absent). The salary packet in the meeting materials lays out position-by-position annual salaries and step increases, local supplements and coach/sponsor pay tables.

The FY2027 salary materials include detailed tables for certified and noncertified staff. Notable entries in the packet include the assistant superintendent salary ($106,547.06), a teacher daily/annual scale with step increases, administrative supplements (examples: principal and director pay bands), and extensive coach and sponsor supplements (ranging by sport and classification). The packet also lists local supplement amounts tied to school sizes and certification levels and references Policy GBKAR (Professional Personnel Reduction in Force) as the guiding policy for grant-funded positions.

The board packet and motion do not change benefit structures in the minutes; it documents how supplements and "grandfathered" supplement calculations are applied and specifies that supplement payments will follow the greater of two defined calculations when applicable. The packet also includes hourly and annualized rates for paraprofessionals, nurses and operational staff and describes incentive pay tied to postseason competition for certain coaching roles.

Board members did not record extended debate on the scale during the public portion of the meeting. The salary schedule will be used for FY2027 budgeting and contract issuance consistent with board policy and the district's established personnel procedures.