The district made significant cuts in order to afford our proposed $20 million staff compensation package.
SAISD is making a huge investment in teacher salaries to prioritize education in the classroom. But doing so will require adminstrative cuts.Budgets are a delicate balancing act that require tough decisions.
This is the painful reality public school districts face. To be successful, we must demonstrate how much we value our educators. To survive, we must be sustainable. State legislators could help school districts address this disparity by tapping their unprecedented surplus this legislative session. They could elevate teachers’ salaries to be comparable to occupations of similar education and skill set.In school districts, we consider student enrollment projections to ensure each school’s staffing allocation is appropriate for the number of students expected, while safeguarding the continuation of all required campus responsibilities.
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