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Wink-Loving ISD adopts 5% general pay increase for employees; two trustees abstained on campus-specific motions
Summary
The board approved a district recommendation for a 5% general pay increase for 2026-27; the board passed two campus-specific motions (Elementary and JH/HS) with each motion recording a single trustee abstention attributable to a conflict of interest disclosed in the meeting.
Wink-Loving ISD trustees voted May 19 to adopt a 5% general pay increase for employees for the 2026-27 school year, following administration recommendations and a TASB HR Services pay review.
The board considered two campus-specific approval motions. Trustee Carrie Purcell moved to adopt the compensation plan and a 5% general increase for all employees at the Elementary Campus; Trustee Clayton Hawkins seconded, and the motion "passed with a 4-0 vote" with Trustee Raymond Dodd recorded as abstaining because his wife is a district employee. Separately, Trustee Jerome Dewberry moved to adopt the plan for the JH/HS Campus; Trustee Purcell seconded and the motion "passed with a 4-0 vote" with Trustee Brad White recorded as abstaining for the same reason (his wife is a district employee).
The administration presented estimated budget impacts for different increase levels: a 3% increase would cost approximately $159,260; 4% about $220,310; and 5% about $273,863. Superintendent and business staff said the district adjusted a few stipends and added a pay scale for the technology specialist position as part of implementing the compensation plan.
Trustees framed the vote as a recruitment and retention measure. The motions instruct staff to reflect the pay increase in the 2026-27 budget. No additional details were provided at the meeting about how the district would fund the recurring cost beyond those budgetary estimates in the packet.
