001ready roll all right good evening it is six o'clock Tuesday April 11th 2023 and I would like to call to order this special governing board meeting and thank my fellow board members and the staff District staff who are here in attendance and would like to acknowledge that our board member Chad Thompson Mr Thompson is is joining us by phone we will begin with 1.02 a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Miss Sheila eugetti and then I will proceed to do real call if you'll stand please I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you I would now ask Miss Wilson for a roll call it's Laurie
002wood here Michelle eugetti here Ms Jill Humphries here Ms Rhonda page here Mr Chad Thompson here Madam president all board members are here and you have a quorum thank you that will take us to the item that we are here to discuss tonight 2.01 compensation package for school year 2023 2024 as presented and I don't see anybody here for any public comments so we will just move forward with that Dr McCord thank you madam president governing board members tonight we bring for you a compensation package for all employees for the 23-24 school year this includes a three percent uh raise for returning certified professional and all-exempt which are non-hourly employees a one dollar per hour raise for returning hourly classified and at will staff and a three percent raise for returning administrative staff hourly support
003and Atwell employees include all employees paid on an hourly wage certified non-admin employees include teachers counselors certified Librarians instructional coaches academic coaches and Technology integration Educators professional staff employees include psychologists social workers Behavioral Health Counselors speech language Pathologists occupational and physical therapist and ROTC personnel and exempt non-hourly employees include office of talent management Finance operations and transportation analysts supervisors managers Etc administrative employees include all 10 11 and 12 month administrators whether certified or non-certified staff [Music] board members is there a motion I moved to approve that compensation package for school year 2023-24 as presented and explained by Dr McCord thank you Miss Humphries it's been moved is it seconded or I seconded Mrs Humphries I think you should name all of the people that that Dr McCord I think you can do that all second
004so moved second thank you Mrs eugetti it's been moved and seconded board members is there discussion I just want to say I really appreciate our staff and Dr McCord and the cabinet coming together and being able to find a way to do this it's well past I mean we've been I think we've been doing such a great job the last few years but it's very well deserving thank you I just wanted to add uh some thoughts I I do appreciate how much work has gone into this and we as a board I think really want to make sure that our staff feel appreciated and well compensated fairly compensated for their work and um I appreciate the leadership that that takes to to make sure that we get those funds to the people who make a
005difference for our students whether it's teachers in the classroom or janitors or cafeteria people everyone makes such a difference on that campus for those students and we really appreciate it and we want them to to know that and to know students the students that they are important to us and we want them to have a great education and this is one way we do that thank you Miss Humphries Miss Paige do you have any comments or questions not tonight nope thank you Mr Thompson nothing for me okay thank you I wanted to just add the same thing and just remind that we actually went through the details of this last week in a work study and then have had a chance to ask questions for the questions and look at this as a board and
006though we aren't exactly sure what the budget will look like because we don't know until the legislature finishes we are confident that we have the funds to do this and it's a priority that we make sure that we are competitive we give competitive salaries to our staff our those those who do again the heavy lifting each day with our students we're so appreciative and we will find a way within our means to make this happen as Miss Betts presented last week There's a few different strategies that we'll find too to figure out how we can do this and I think this is a good choice as well so with that being said if there's no further discussion or comments all right I will call for the vote all those in favor of approving the compensation
007package for school year 2023-24 as presented by Dr McCord tonight please vote by saying aye aye anyway thank you Mr Thompson and all of you and any opposed with nay thank you it passes 5-0 we will now move to adjournment is there a motion so moved thank you Mr Jetty it's been moved is there second second thank you Miss Humphries it's been moved and seconded that we adjourn all those in favor please vote by saying aye aye fine and any opposed with name that also passes five zero thank you all for being here and we appreciate it thank you very much