The Highland school board approved pay increases for support staff, administrators and salaried contracts Monday night.
Support staff – secretaries, associates, custodians, cooks and bus …
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The Highland school board approved pay increases for support staff, administrators and salaried contracts Monday night.
Support staff – secretaries, associates, custodians, cooks and bus drivers – received an average of 3.24% more for the coming school year. The administrators and salaried staff – positions that are in addition to regular teaching jobs such as activities and transportation directors – as a group had a total package increase of 3.5%.
Superintendent Ken Crawford said a group met at the end of April to discuss how best to set increases in light of a 3% increase approved for teachers at an earlier meeting.
School board member Megan Allen said she thought salaries for associates – assistants who help students in classrooms – were low.
“I would like to see us start off at $12 an hour,” Allen said.
Some of the associates, with the raises approved Monday, are paid $10.50 per hour.
“I think we need to look at it,” Allen said.
Crawford disagreed.
“I think we are right there (when compared to similar-size districts),” he said. “We have looked into it.”
Board President Nate Robinson suggested the board look at salaries for associates later in the year.
“I’m not sure tonight is the night to sit down and figure this all out,” he said.
