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Board approves MOU bonuses to recruit and retain special education teachers
Summary
The board approved two memoranda of understanding with the teachers association providing a retention bonus for Mild/Moderate special-education teachers and a signing bonus for Moderate/Severe (ESN) Special Day Class teachers to support recruitment for hard-to-fill positions.
Assistant Superintendent Michael Hall presented two memoranda of understanding with the Sulphur Springs District Teachers Association on April 15, 2026. One agreement provides a retention bonus for Mild/Moderate special-education teachers; the other provides a signing bonus for Moderate/Severe (ESN) Special Day Class teachers to aid recruitment for hard-to-fill positions. Both MOUs were approved by voice vote, 4-0, with Trustee Paola Jellings moving to approve the first and Trustee Lori MacDonald moving to approve the second; each motion was seconded and carried unanimously among voting trustees (Shelley Weinstein recorded as absent).
Minutes record the board's approval of the MOUs; the agreements were presented as personnel measures to support staffing in specialized programs and no dollar amounts were specified in the minutes.
