Arlington Public Schools board approves administrator contracts, superintendent addendum, classified pay changes and cancels a teacher contract

At a regular meeting, the Arlington Public Schools board approved several personnel actions and contract changes, including administrator and director contracts for 2024–25, an addendum to the superintendent contract, classified‑staff pay increases and a resolution cancelling a 2023–24 teaching contract.

The negotiations committee reported it used the same benchmarking array across groups to set administrator compensation. Committee member S3 moved "to approve the admin and director contracts as presented for the 24 25" and the board seconded the motion and carried it.

The board also approved an addendum to the superintendent contract for Dr. Lewis, using the same salary‑array comparisons; the board discussed years of experience and education as part of the benchmarking approach before voting to approve the addendum.

On classified and noncertificated staff pay, the board adopted a set of increases intended to anticipate upcoming state minimum wage changes and to simplify transportation pay. The board described a 4% increase for certain groups, a newly added shift differential for a custodian covering more demanding hours, and a flat $24 base rate for activity transportation pay to replace previous variable payments. The board cited state minimum wage moving to $13.50 (next January) and to $15.00 the following year when explaining the timing and some rate adjustments.

The board also adopted a resolution to cancel the 2023–24 teaching contract with Theresa Hadley. A motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded; the board recorded the motion as adopted.

Actions recorded in the meeting were taken after discussion and passed by voice vote. The meeting transcript records the motions and multiple affirmative votes; the transcript does not include a complete roll‑call tally for each motion in the record provided.

Next steps: the approved contracts and pay schedules will be reflected in the district’s administrative records and implemented for the 2024–25 year as described in the meeting attachments and staff follow‑up.