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Lohn ISD hires probationary teacher; trustees keep pay and salary levels for 2025–26
Summary
Board approved hiring of Zach Rule on a full-time one-year (187-day) probationary teacher contract and voted to keep non-contract staff pay and teacher salaries unchanged for 2025–26; stipends were discussed but no final action recorded.
With Superintendent Kay Shackelford's recommendation, Trustee Julie Walker Popp moved to hire Zach Rule for a full-time, one-year (187-day) probationary teacher contract for the 2025–2026 school year; Trustee Bobby Pearce seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
The board also addressed compensation. Trustee Doug Hemphill moved that non-contract staff pay remain the same for 2025–2026 and that staff allotments be determined by the superintendent; Julie Walker Popp seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Similarly, the board voted to keep teacher salaries at current levels for 2025–2026 following discussion.
Trustees discussed stipends for 2025–2026 in old business but the minutes record discussion only and no formal decision on stipend amounts or structure during the July 10 meeting.
