Pendleton County Schools Pay Scales 2013-14

As always, these are my opinions only, and not the opinions of the Pendleton County School Board or any other individual board members.

Pay scales for all Pendleton County employees were up for board approval this past Thursday May 30^th, 2013.

Classified Salary Schedule There will be debate about the size of any raises, but the pay raises were applied fairly across the entire Classified Salary Schedule.  Therefore, I voted in favor of the 2013-14 Classified Salary Schedule.

Certified Salary Schedule In my opinion, this fair pay raise was not the case with the Certified Salary Schedule.  With the exception of one portion of the scale (22-27 year Rank 1), the net result was the “evening out” of several large steps in the scale.  This allows the employee to see a step increase in almost every year of service.  The one exception to this was the 22-27 year Rank 1 pay.  In this section, I noticed roughly an average increase of 2.7%.  Gains made by this group at the expense of other employees do not meet my definition of fair and equitable treatment to all teacher employees in our district.   At my request, the board allowed me to “pull” this certified salary scale out and vote on it as a separate action item.  I considered making a motion to amend the pay scale to apply 1% to the entire pay scale.  However, in my opinion, this probably would have failed due to a lack of a second.  This opinion was based solely on the board conversation at the meeting.  My position did not carry the day, and it passed 4-1.

Other Action Items- See Board Agenda for other action items.  I voted in favor of these items.

By the way, I will attempt to update each month after every board meeting.  I am almost done with my own schooling and should be able to update more frequently in the future.