BRENHAM SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES 4 PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR STAFF
The Brenham School Board approved a 4 percent pay raise for eligible employees across the district at its meeting Monday.
The pay increases will apply to employees in the district’s professional, clerical and auxiliary pay grades. In total, the increase in payroll for the district will be $1,124,942.
Business and Finance Director Kim Weatherby said this move should help the district in its effort to attract and retain high-quality staff.
In the professional pay grade, teachers working 187 days in the year will receive an additional $2,186. Librarians working 197 days will be paid an additional $2,552, while counselors working 202 days will receive $2,800 more.
For the clerical pay grade, registrars working 205 days will be paid $1,150 more, while campus secretaries who work 217 days will receive an additional $1,315 and computer technicians who work 226 days will receive another $1,640.
In the auxiliary pay grade, cafeteria workers on a 183-day schedule will receive $713 more. General maintenance workers who work 250 days will be paid an extra $1,444, and HVAC and plumbers working 250 days will receive another $1,875.
On March 11th, the American Rescue Plan Act was passed, providing the state of Texas $11.2 billion in supplemental Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding, known as the ESSER III fund. Weatherby said ESSER III funds are making this pay raise attainable right now, but the district has some systems in place to wean itself off of the federal funding in the coming years.
Trustee Kelvin Raven said this pay raise is “well-deserved” for all employees, especially as the cost of living has increased. Superintendent Dr. Tylor Chaplin said teaching is a calling and a service, but it should not be done for free or at the expense of the comfort of families.
Be glad you are getting a raise. I have gotten 1 merit and 1 across the board raise in 13 years!! And mine is a state job…..
Most state agencies have a budget crunch because of the money they are allotted during legislature session, most agencies don’t see a budget change. Unfortunately, higher education doesn’t operate the same as your agency. They get to increase prices and STILL get state money, and in the last year and some months they have been receiving millions of federal covid money. They also get to subsidize buildings and significant repairs and maintenance in the form of bonds. If you are really interested, you can look at the financials as presented in their board package on the website, and eye opener.
Nice little raise except that insurance went up 34% not much of a raise after that.
I’m glad they will get a pay raise, BUT some staff need to adjust their attitudes at a certain campus including the administrator. sometimes its not a good idea for the “Boss” to be so close to an employee because you will clearly see the “favoritism”. They also need to stop talking about parents/students and stop cursing so much.
Agree with you , the staff that work their butts off and dedicate their love and time to the kids get over looked and the lazy ones that kiss butt always get away with stuff and get special privileges.
That place has always been a train wreck.
What about paraprofessional staff?
Imagine having to work 60 percent of the year and getting the average medium income plus a couple grand.
Paras only make $10/hr and pay is divided evenly through the 12 month year. But paras also don’t get extra pay for subbing when subs don’t want to sub. And then the paras are taken away from their regular classes, especially sped education classes where they are needed the most. Other school districts pay there paras extra to sub.