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Show Low board approves FY26 budget revision, personnel moves, 1% staff raise and classroom-site fund pay plan
Summary
The board approved the FY26 revised budget, multiple classified and certified personnel actions, a reallocation of FTE to add reading specialists and other positions (net zero budget impact), a 1% staff pay increase for FY27, and a classroom site fund pay-for-performance plan with a $15,000 guaranteed component and a $600 individual payout.
The Show Low Unified School District board approved a range of routine and substantive personnel and budget items at its May meeting, including a final FY26 budget revision, many personnel actions, a 1% pay increase for staff for fiscal year 2027, and a classroom-site fund pay-for-performance plan.
Miss Davis presented the finance report and later brought the FY26 revised budget to the board for approval; the board voted to adopt the revision as presented. Dr. Farnsworth asked the board to approve multiple personnel recommendations, and the board approved classified and certified transfers, resignations and employment contracts across campuses.
Administrators explained a district reallocation of full-time equivalency (FTE) that places reading specialists at Nicholas, Whipple and Lynden and adds a receptionist at the junior high. Staff said the reallocation is a net zero change in total FTE and does not increase the budget.
Miss Davis asked the board to approve movement of administrators, related-service personnel and classified staff to the placement chart for FY27 and proposed a 1% increase for all staff for FY27; the board approved the placement-chart moves and the 1% pay increase, with implementation to be retroactive to the start of FY27 if necessary.
On the classroom site fund, the board approved the proposed pay-for-performance arrangement that uses the first cycle of the district’s Data-Driven Impact Plan (DDIP) as the basis for the $600 individual performance payout and adds a $15,000 guaranteed component to teacher base pay. The presenter said the staff survey returned 91 approvals out of 99 votes (92%), exceeding the statutory 70% approval threshold required by law.
Additional approvals on the consent agenda included substitute renewals for FY27, summer professional-development contract pay (funded via Medicaid and IDEA where applicable), the Legacy Learning Community memorandum of understanding for specialized placement, EL summer-school staff compensation funded by Title III, audit-contract renewal, cooperative purchasing approvals, gifts and donations acceptance, and the disposal/auction of surplus equipment.
All motions reported in the meeting were approved by voice vote; the transcript records the motions and approvals but does not provide a roll-call tally with named votes for each motion.
