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Cedar Falls board approves staff, administrator pay adjustments and advances first-reading policy updates
Summary
The board approved a 2.92% average total-package increase for hourly and salaried employee groups and a 2.81% average total-package increase for administrators (excluding the superintendent). The board also completed a first reading of policy updates including public-comment timing, nurse-dispensed calcium carbonate (Tums) with parental approval, and absence/leave clarifications negotiated with staff.
The Cedar Falls Community School District Board of Education on June 8 approved compensation adjustments for district employees and completed a first reading of multiple policy updates.
Compensation: The board approved an average total-package increase of 2.92% (wages plus insurance and FICA) for hourly and salaried employee groups that include secretarial/clerical staff, transportation and IT technicians, bus drivers and mechanics, and related categories. Separately, the board approved a 2.81% average total-package increase for cabinet-level administrators, principals and associate principals; the superintendent’s compensation was explicitly excluded from this action and handled separately at the board’s discretion. Board members asked staff to provide regional benchmarking context and confirmed the increases apply to continuing employees; salaries for newly hired administrators remain the amounts previously approved at hire.
Policy updates (first reading): As part of a five-year cycle review, the board reviewed policies in series 100–300 with one recommended change to policy 204.4.1 (clarifying that notification for public comment must be posted by 4:00 p.m. on the day of a meeting). Additional recommendations in the 400, 500 and 700 policy series included: clarifying the use of sick and personal leave to allow one routine appointment day for staff and a family-sick-day allowance for certain routine family appointments (a negotiated, non-monetary benefit), authorizing school nurses to dispense calcium carbonate (Tums) with parental permission to help manage minor stomach complaints, and updating federal purchasing threshold amounts used for food-service procurement.
Board members emphasized transparency about total compensation and asked that benchmarking and total-compensation materials be made available to the public where appropriate. The board approved the first reading; policies will return for subsequent consideration per the district’s review schedule.
