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Board approves substitute pay changes after split vote on transportation manager raise
Summary
After debate and a tied vote on an unaffiliated salary package that included a transportation manager raise, the board reconsidered, removed the transportation manager item and approved amended unaffiliated salary items that included stepped increases for student monitors.
An amended unaffiliated salary and benefits package for 2026–27 prompted detailed questions from board members about classification and timing of raises — especially a transportation manager whose salary history in the personnel documents showed multiple increases in a short period. One board member said the personnel report listed the transportation manager salary as $94,500, then $97,000, and later $99,225 with a proposed $101,008.50, and requested clarity on whether those were contractual or ad hoc raises.
When the package was put to a roll-call vote the motion resulted in a split vote and failed. Board members then moved to reconsider and voted to separate the transportation manager from the remainder of the unaffiliated items. The board subsequently approved the amended unaffiliated salary and benefits recommendations excluding the transportation manager. Separately, staff presented substitute pay rates and proposed incremental increases for returning student monitors, raising pay up to a $20 maximum to retain experienced support staff; the board approved that approach as part of the amended package. A staff member explained the annually employed substitutes operate like a building‑level retained resource and are often placed at the beginning of the teacher salary schedule to improve retention.
