BISD BOARD APPROVES 4.69 PERCENT PAY INCREASE

  

The Brenham School Board approved a 4.69 percent midpoint pay increase for all district employees at their noon meeting today (Monday).  The increase will move the starting teacher salary to just over 40 thousand dollars up from 38 thousand last year.  The pay increase would raise the districts payroll 1.1 million dollars, but because some employees are paid through Federal programs and because of staffing reductions, the actual increase to the operating budget is only 576 thousand dollars.  District Finance Director Kim Horne explained what this means for the District:

The new compensation package also adds a $2500 stipend for bilingual teachers and a $1000 stipend for teachers with a Master’s Degree.  Substitute teacher pay will also increase depending on the term and qualifications of the substitute anywhere from $10 to $20 per day above last year.  Kim Horne commented on the effect the increases have on morale:

In other action, the Board approved the hiring of Lakesha Walker as the Alton Elementary School Improvement Officer.  She was previously a reading workshop teacher in the Cypress ISD.  The Board also approved Michael Watts as the new Principal at the DAEP/ PRIDE Academy.  Watts served many years as an Associate Principal at Brenham High School.

The Board also approved some administrative reshuffling:

Kay Domel, previously the Administrator at DAEP/Pride Academy will now be an Assistant Principal at Brenham Junior High School.  Don Silvey, previously the Dean of Students at DAEP/Pride Academy will be moving back to the High School as an Assistant Principal.  Toni Schwartz, will be moving from Krause to Alton Elementary as an Assistant Principal and Monte Shields will be moving from Alton to Krause Elementary as an Assistant Principal.