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Board approves raises for substitutes and classified staff to aid recruitment
Summary
Southwest Public Schools approved an increase to substitute daily pay after superintendent recommendations and raised classified-staff hourly pay to $17.00 with a $0.10 per-year step for up to five years for those above $17. The minutes record discussion of options but do not state a specific final substitute rate.
Superintendent Drew Billeter told the board that substitute pay needed to be increased to remain competitive. The minutes record that the substitute daily pay had been $150 and that the superintendent suggested increases to $160 or $165; the board approved an increase but the minutes do not record which final daily rate (if either option) was selected.
The board also approved a pay increase for classified staff to a base of $17.00 per hour and added an incremental $0.10 per year-of-service increase up to five years for classified staff who are already earning above $17.00 per hour. The motion to raise classified pay passed with recorded ayes from all voting members. These changes were presented as recruitment and retention measures.
Board minutes show the substitute and classified pay actions passed on recorded votes during the July 14 meeting; the minutes contain no public comment objecting to the pay changes.
