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Butler Board approves multiple staff appointments, raises substitute pay to $120 and advances policies for first reading
Summary
The Butler Board of Education on Aug. 28 approved personnel appointments including hires, resignations and stipends; raised the daily substitute teacher rate from $100 to $120 for 2025–26; and moved several board policies to first reading.
The Butler Board of Education on Aug. 28 voted to approve a slate of personnel actions, raise the substitute teacher daily rate and advance multiple policies on first reading.
The board, meeting at Butler High School Media Center, adopted the superintendent’s recommendations in motions PP 03-26 through PP 06-26 and PP 07-26 after formal motions. The motions, moved by K. Smith and seconded at different times by C. Ziegler and A. Drucker, passed on recorded roll calls (votes in the minutes show approvals with no recorded oppositions).
Why it matters: the personnel motions set staffing and pay for the start of the 2025–26 school year, including classroom coverage rates and stipends for positions that serve students with specialized needs.
Key actions approved included the termination of Ryan Smetana as Data & Systems Specialist effective Aug. 8, 2025, and the acceptance of the resignation of Laura Conkling effective Aug. 31, 2025. The board approved multiple substitute teacher appointments at a new rate of $120 per day for the 2025–26 school year (PP 05-26). The minutes list several new substitute hires (for example, Victoria Karpinecz, Ilysa Berkowitz, Christine Aiosa, Randi Rogers and Stephanie Muller).
The board also approved noninstructional hires and stipends: paraprofessional appointments with ABA and specialized-skill stipends ranging from $500 to $2,000 for the 2025–26 school year, and extra-duty payments for duties such as breakfast and bus supervision. Drama and theatrical positions were approved with listed stipends for the school year (for example, theatrical director and vocal director positions with specific stipend amounts).
In personnel details the board approved horizontal guide (salary step) movements for staff including Karrie McNear (teacher) and Lisa Kindzierski (school nurse), effective Sept. 1, 2025.
The board also advanced a set of policies and regulations to first reading (PP 06-26), including policies and regulations related to internal controls, administrative employment contracts, AI acceptable use (Policy 2365), curricular requirements and student eligibility (sample titles listed in the minutes).
No substantive discussion was recorded in the minutes on these motions; votes were recorded as carried on roll call.
