Assistant Superintendent Beth Brockman said the changes will be made for the current school year to match the district's compensation plan for the 2022-23 school year.
"We don't want to split this summer and have one rate in June and another rate in July for, sometimes, the same employees," Brockman said during the board's April 19 meeting.
Board Secretary Jeri Chambers said she was happy to see the increase in pay rates for the work educators do for the district during the summer months. Board Member Lauren Tyra agreed the pay increases were vital given the staffing issues the district's after-school care program has experienced this year and the role summer school plays in combating student learning loss from the past two years due to the pandemic.
"That's a high priority need and a critical need to ensure that we have fully-staffed and well-compensated summer instruction," Tyra said.
