D C Everest board approves 2.78% teacher base increase and 2026–27 contracts

The D C Everest Area School District Board approved administrator and teacher contracts for the 2026–27 school year and adopted related pay adjustments at its April 15 meeting.

The board voted to approve the administrators on the attached list and the teachers on the attached list for 2026–2027 contracts. Separately, the board approved a compensation package that includes a 2.78% base wage increase for teacher compensation, hourly staff wage adjustments (either a 2.78% increase or placement at the new starting wage) and a 2.78% increase for administrators and at‑will salaried staff. The motions carried on voice votes. The motion to approve administrator and at‑will salary increases recorded one abstention by Board Member Larry Schaefer.

Board Member Katie Felch moved the motion to approve teacher compensation, which was seconded by Shannon Grabko. A subsequent motion by Grabko, seconded by Ben Bliven, approved the proposed hourly staff adjustments. Another motion by Felch, seconded by Yee Leng Xiong, approved the administrator and at‑will staff increases; Schaefer abstained on that vote.

Board documents included a revised salary schedule tied to the teacher increase and referenced corresponding adjustments for hourly staff. The motion language in the meeting record specifies the 2.78% figure for teachers and administrators; the minutes refer readers to the attached salary‑schedule revisions for implementation details.

The board did not discuss further fiscal offsets or funding sources for the increases in detail in the minutes provided. The board approved these items by voice vote during the April 15 meeting; the contracts and salary schedule changes will take effect for the 2026–27 school year.