BY MADDY MORALES & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
CISD approves 3% pay raise for eligible teachers The Comal ISD board of trustees approved a 3% pay increase for eligible teachers and sta as part of its $341 million budget for the 2025-26 school year. At its June 26 meeting, the board approved a new compensation plan including a raise for teachers with 0-2 years of experience and all additional sta. In case you missed it Eligible auxiliary or non-teaching employees, along with paraprofessional sta members, will receive a raise of 3%, according to a news release. Teachers who qualify for the Teacher Retention Allotment will not receive the 3% raise. The Teacher Retention Allotment was a part of the Texas Legislature’s Texas House Bill 2, which passed on June 4. Teachers in their third and fourth years will receive a payment of $1,239, and teachers with ve plus years of experience will receive $3,739 under the allotment, according to previous Community
NBISD announces new principal New Braunfels ISD announced Robert Strever as the new Principal of Lone Star Early Childhood Center on May 23. He will replace Susan Peery, who announced her retirement earlier this year, according to a
“Even though many districts across the state of Texas are not giving pay raises and many districts did trim stang,
we are not doing any of those things, and I do feel condent that with our nance team, we are going to continue to nd ways and navigate.”
JOHN CHAPMAN III, SUPERINTENDENT
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Strever has served as an assistant principal at Klein Road Elementary School since 2022. Before becoming an assistant principal at Klein Road, he was the academic dean at Koennecke Elementary in Seguin ISD. Strever said he was honored to join the Lone Star Early Childhood Center. “Together, we will create a nurturing and inspiring environment that supports each child’s growth and success from the very start,” Strever said in the release.
Impact reporting. The pay increase will be based on each eligible teacher and sta member’s salary. The district’s budget is built on a Maintenance and Oper- ations tax rate of $0.7369, which will be approved at the August board meeting, according to the release. Even with the additional $8.5 million in funding that HB 2 provided to public schools, Comal ISD is experiencing an unanticipated funding shortfall. The district is currently anticipating a $19 million shortfall this year, according to the release.
Comal ISD approves design services contract for new elementary school
residential community led by Crown Community Development, for a new elementary school in April, according to previous reporting by Community Impact. The $3.5 million property was funded through the district’s 2023 bond Proposition A. The new elementary school project is part of the district’s ongoing eorts to manage enrollment growth, according to board documents.
The Comal ISD board of trustees approved an agreement with LPA, Inc. for architectural services relating to the design and delivery of Elementary School #22 in the Meyer Ranch development on June 26. What we know The board approved the purchase of a 13-acre property from Meyer Ranch, a master-planned
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