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Somerton Elementary District board approves FY26‑27 work calendars, staffing contracts and 2% teacher pay increase
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Somerton Elementary District board approved consolidated FY26‑27 work calendars, multiple staffing contracts including use of Education Service, Inc., open‑enrollment capacity for FY25‑26, and a 2% salary increase for certified staff; several teacher release requests under executive content were also approved.
The Somerton Elementary District (4500) Governing Board on March 10 approved a slate of personnel and calendar items for the 2026–27 school year, including consolidated work calendars, staffing contracts and a 2% pay increase for certified teachers.
Superintendent Duron told the board the administrative recommendation was to mirror previous calendars where possible and to standardize overlapping position types, reducing the number of distinct working calendars from 18 to 14 to simplify administration. “We did try to mirror, you know, as much as we could,” Duron said, adding the changes were intended to maintain continuity with past practice while streamlining where positions were similar.
On motions made from the floor, the board approved: the FY26‑27 work calendars; the ESS preschool calendar for FY26‑27; the district’s open‑enrollment capacity for FY25‑26; contracting specified employees through Education Service, Inc. (ESI) for Somerton School FY26‑27; and offers of contracts to certified staff for FY26‑27 so letters could be issued promptly.
The board also approved personnel requests that were placed in the meeting packet under executive content, including two teacher releases (one effective Feb. 13, 2026, and another effective April 29, 2026) and associated fee waivers or assessments that are governed by district policy. The agenda referenced letters under executive content for those items; the board acted on the recommendations as presented.
On compensation, the board approved a 2% salary increase for certified staff for FY26‑27. Duron told the board the state is expected to provide the 2% and said the district could return to amend salaries if additional state funds arrive. Lorena Delgado moved the salary motion; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Most routine items were approved by voice vote after motions were made and seconded; where recorded, Christina Clark was the mover on several consent and contract motions. The meeting packet identified attachments and candidate lists for contracts and calendars. Several items referencing personnel matters were noted as having supporting letters in executive‑session or executive‑content materials that were not read into the public record.
The board did not record roll‑call vote tallies in the oral proceedings reported in the transcript; items were adopted by voice vote as the chair declared.
