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Support staff advocate argues they should not be excluded from teacher raises
Summary
Dr. Ellen Solway, speaking for literacy coach Carrie Anderson, told the board that support staff who share a pay scale with classroom teachers should not be left out of raises and outlined the duties support staff perform that support instruction.
Dr. Ellen Solway spoke to the board on behalf of Carrie Anderson, a literacy coach with 21 years in the Lake County School District, and asked the board to consider support staff when awarding raises. "If we don't qualify for the classroom teacher raise, then why are we on the same pay scale?" Solway asked, noting that support staff run PLCs, mentor teachers, provide interventions and perform duties that sustain classroom instruction.
Solway framed the issue in the district's stated theme "all means all," and said excluding support staff would create an avoidable divide. The speaker urged the district to reconcile pay policies so that staff who perform instructional supports receive equitable compensation.
