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Resident urges Stanwood-Camano board to consider paid school board positions
Summary
Tim Schmidt urged the Stanwood-Camano School District board to create salaries for board members to broaden the applicant pool, improve retention and recognize the workload; he recommended the board charter a citizens committee to study compensation.
Tim Schmidt, a resident, used his public-comment time to ask the board to consider compensating school board members starting with the next election term.
"I encourage this board to provide salaries for school board members starting next election term," Schmidt said, arguing that pay would expand the applicant pool, reduce burnout and better reflect the time commitment of modern governance. He recommended the board charter a citizens committee to evaluate and set salaries.
Board leadership did not take action on the request during the meeting. The chair reiterated that public comments are not part of the business meeting and said comments would be followed up after the meeting if appropriate.
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