Teacher salaries, school reassignment up for discussion in Wake County

The pay increases are made possible by $16 million that was provided by county commissioners. It’s intended to combat teacher turnover issues and hard to fill positions. The size of the pay increase an educator will receive will depend on their job and level of experience.

Under the proposal, a regular teacher who has spent less than five years on the job will receive a pay increase of nearly $900 a year. A teacher in the same position who has more than 30 years of experience would see their paychecks increase by $2,250 annually.

A criticism of the state teacher pay plan is that longer serving teachers essentially received no increase. Special education teachers would make a bit more money.

The plan will be voted on Tuesday night by the Wake County Board of Education.

Some parents who opposed the district’s reassignment proposal also went home as winners Tuesday night.

A reassignment proposal that would have moved students from Leesville Elementary School to a new school that is set to open next year had parents upset. After a group of parents spoke out against the move, district officials have made a change to the proposal.

The third draft is the final enrollment proposal and any additional changes will come from the Wake County school board. If the third draft of the plan is approved as it stands, school officials said that fewer than 3,461 students, or 2.2 percent of the district’s overall enrollment, would be affected. More than half of those would be eligible to grandfather into the plan and remain at their current school.