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Board approves personnel items and additional pay requests for special-education and student-support staff

DeSoto County School District Board of Education · August 7, 2026
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Summary

The board approved personnel recommendations including compensation requests for sign-language interpreters, supplements for Spanish interpretation services, extra hours for special education and mental-health staff, and vehicle assignments as presented in the packet.

The board reviewed pages of personnel recommendations in the meeting packet that included requests for sign-language interpreters for students and parents, a 10% hourly-rate supplement for an employee providing Spanish interpretation services, and requests for additional compensable hours for special-education and mental-health staff. Staff recommended approval and the board moved to approve personnel as presented.

Specific items noted in the packet included requests for sign-language interpreting at Lewisburg Middle and Lewisburg Intermediate, additional pay for employees assisting with meal-box distributions, and additional hours and pay for counselors and mental-health staff during the 2026–27 school year; start and end dates and hourly rates were read into the record. The board approved the personnel items by motion and voice vote.