At the Magnolia ISD board of trustees budget workshop on May 16, trustees were presented with a budget proposal for fiscal year 2022-23 that includes a 2% raise for all employees, including teachers, bus drivers, and technical and clerical staff. According to the presentation by Assistant Superintendent of Operations Erich Morris, the raise will help create a competitive compensation plan and protect the district from student enrollment growth uncertainties, such as more or fewer students than projected.
A figure for the district’s overall general fund budget for FY 2022-23 was not given during the budget workshop May 16.
The district projects adding 650 students for the 2022-23 school year. To keep up with anticipated student enrollment and hiring competition from other districts, the district’s proposed compensation plan also includes a $2,750 one-time retention incentive for employees, according to the presentation.
“We've never projected more than a few hundred students [in a year]. Now, we're in a different environment now. We’re up 650 [students], and that is far more than any other time frame, at least since 2008,” Morris said at the workshop.
