CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Keller, Roanoke, Trophy Club, Westlake, Northeast Fort Worth, Northwest ISD and Keller ISD
Starting teachers’ salary raised
BY KAITLYNN HUTCHINS
RAISES TO TAKE PLACE The fiscal year 2023-24 budget includes a raise for teachers and staff. resignation incentive; a one-time salary advancement for employees joining the district; and updates to the temporary, extra-duty pay scale. employee salaries in the past six years, according to a district news release. The midpoint raise system allows all employees’ salaries to grow at the same rate, regardless of how much their salaries are. Other updates to the district’s compensation plan include an early
NORTHWEST ISD Teachers and staff in NISD will receive a pay raise for the next school year. The details: Superintendent Mark Foust presented a new compensation plan for the 2023-24 school year to the board of trustees at the June 12 meeting. The board approved the plan June 26. The plan includes a 3% midpoint pay raise for all employees and an increase to the starting teacher salary to $60,100. All full-time employees of the district who will return and work for the district during the 2023-24 school year will receive the midpoint raise. The district will also increase its contribution to medical insurance for employees on a district health plan by $25 per month, making the total district contribution to medical insurance $325 per month. Zooming in: This raise is the sec- ond-largest annual increase to district
Two modular buildings are being installed at Westlake Academy.
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New modular classrooms installed
BY PRAGNYA KAGINELE
buildings will have bulletproof laminated Level 3 glass windows, full sprinkler systems, and security doors with security and surveillance equipment. What’s next: According to Communications Manager Erin Spicer, teachers will be able to set up their rooms in August, and the modulars will be operational for the 2023-24 school year. “Students and staff are excited to see the portables go,” Spicer said.
WESTLAKE Construction has started at the municipally-oper- ated International Baccalaureate school for the installation of two modular buildings that will replace the school’s previous portable buildings. The background: The decision to replace the portables was approved by Westlake Town Council in February for $3.5 million. According to Westlake Academy’s YouTube page, the
$60,100 new starting salary
3% midpoint pay raise approved for all employees returning for the next school year $325/month total district contribution to medical insurance
SOURCE: NORTHWEST ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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