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Supervisors and school board debate pay parity, targeted staffing and special-education costs
Summary
Board members and school officials discussed a multi‑million-dollar request for staff compensation and staffing changes, including proposed assistant principal positions and concerns about salary compression, with several supervisors urging a multi-year incremental plan rather than a one‑time large increase.
School officials used their FY2027 presentation to highlight priorities that center on staff retention, student support programs and facility needs; several board members focused extended discussion on pay parity, targeted staff increases and special-education pressures.
School leaders described a request that, in various references during the meeting, was characterized as roughly $8.2 million in total additional funding (figures and percentage-change references varied in the transcript). A central concern among supervisors was whether a one‑time large increase — repeatedly discussed in the meeting as a 12% or similar raise in some references — is feasible or preferable to a phased, multi‑year approach. "It's possible. It's not really feasible at this point where the…
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