EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from North East & Northside ISDs
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North East ISD will meet July 21 and 29 at 8 a.m. and Aug. 9 at 5:30 p.m. 8961 Tesoro Drive, San Antonio 210-407-0000. www.neisd.net Northside ISD will meet July 26 at 6 p.m. 5900 Evers Road, San Antonio 210-397-8500. www.nisd.net MEETINGS WE COVER Additionally, NEISD counselors began volunteering in June to provide free counseling to UCISD students, families and staff. DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS NORTH EAST ISD The school board in May and June appointed new principals of three area campuses. Charles Reininger—previously the “Tex” Hill Middle School principal— now leads Reagan High School, replacing Brenda Shelton who spent nine years heading the Stone Oak campus. Michele Ramirez Castaneda, previously an assistant principal at Legacy of Educational Excellence High School, now leads “Tex” Hill Middle School. Rudy Salinas, previously a Reagan High assistant principal, now heads Bush Middle School. NORTH EAST ISD Reagan High School baseball lost the University Interscholastic League Class 6A state championship game 8-5 vs. Carroll Senior High School on June 11. The title match, held at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, saw the Reagan Rattlers finish as state runners-up for a fourth time. NORTH EAST ISD The school board on June 13 passed a resolution supporting the donation of four portable classrooms to Uvalde CISD. NEISD officials said the portables will help UCISD, as it was announced the district will not reopen Robb Elementary School for the 2022- 23 school year following a May 24 mass shooting on campus that killed 19 students and two teachers. In late June, Uvalde Consolidated ISD officials announced they plan to build a new elementary school.
NEISD’s FY 2022-23 budget contains $8M in raises
NORTH EAST ISD The school district board on June 23 approved a $560 million general fund budget for fiscal year 2022-23, including $8 million in pay hikes and another one- time retention supplement for eligible employees. Some NEISD officials voiced concern about the district’s projections in student enrollment, state funding and property tax revenues following a record number of local property owners protesting their appraisals. NEISD officials project the student enrollment of 59,830 in the 2021-22 school year will drop to 58,556 in the 2022-23 school year. Because of the projected enrollment decrease, NEISD’s new budget contains a reduction of 119 full-time teaching and nonteaching positions. However, the district is adding 31 campus-based “assistant professional” positions, according to the budget. The FY 2022-23 compensation plan adopted by trust- ees in a previous meeting June 20 features slight raises of varying percentages for different groups of district employees, including 2% for teachers and librarians; 2% for eligible nurses and counselors; and 1% for administrative and professional employees. NEISD will also give a one-time minimum $250 retention supplement starting this November to eligible employees.
Fiscal year 2022-23 pay
2% raise for teacher
2% raise for eligible
1% raise for other administrative and professional employees Starting salary up to $64,000 for new-to- district teachers, librarians with 25 plus years experience
and librarians
nurses and counselors
Minimum 3% raise for eligible bus drivers, food service, special
Starting salary
increase to $55,300 for teachers and librarians with no experience
education employees
NOTE: ALL RAISES ARE BASED ON SALARY MIDPOINTS, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED THE COMPETITIVE MARKET RATES FOR THAT JOB. SOURCE: NORTH EAST ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Some district staffers voiced disappointment with NEISD’s new pay plan, saying the raises are not enough to help employees struggling to keep pace with increasing costs of living. “We want to do what we can for our teachers, staff, bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers, but it’s also our responsibility to not put our district into jeopardy,” Board President Shannon Grona said.
Northside ISD OKs salary increases
Northside ISD pay raise highlights • Average salary range midpoint raise of 2% for all employees • 4% raise for auxiliary staff • Increase in starting pay for teachers with no experience to $57,590 • Salary adjustments for special education aides, instructional assistants and other positions • Increased stipends for special education employees and for select athletics and fine arts employees SOURCE: NORTHSIDE ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
NORTHSIDE ISD The school district will operate fiscal year 2022-23 with a $21.7 million compensation plan featuring a salary range midpoint raise by an average of 2% for all employees and a 4% midpoint pay increase for auxiliary staff. NISD trustees unanimously approved the compensation package June 28. According to district officials, the new hourly wage midpoint for nonauxiliary employees—such as teachers, counsel- ors, librarians and nurses—is $20.14. NISD is also increasing the starting
pay for teachers with zero years of experience to $57,590, up by $915. Also, the district is adjusting salaries of special education aides, instructional assistants, bookkeepers and other posi- tions to keep pace with market rates. NISD is increasing stipends for special education employees as well as select athletics and fine arts program employees to remain competitive with comparable area school districts. Substitute teacher pay rates will stay unchanged from the 2021-22 school year, district officials said.
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