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Included in Buncombe County Schools’ 2021-22 budget request was $78,154 for a 340% wage increase for board members. BCS Superintendent Tony Baldwin told the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners during the May 10 budget meeting the raise will be the board’s first since the late 1980s.
Baldwin did not say why board members’ stipends have not gone up in three decades. School board chair Ann Franklin said the board’s pay hadn’t even been evaluated since the 80s.
“Why now? Well I’m not a board member, but I’m a superintendent that is working through COVID. Needless to say, stresses have come,” Baldwin said. “Certainly, I think, (the raise) would highlight the importance and responsibility that comes to those board members.”
School board raise waits for budget time, open schools
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The Alamance County Board of Commissioners declined to triple the stipend for school board members this week saying it should be part of the upcoming budget discussion, not retroactive. and maybe not while schools are closed.
“In their defense, I think they probably spend a lot more time than what they get compensated,” said Commissioner Steve Carter, “But at the same time I agree this ought to be brought to us at the time we consider the budget – and get the schools open.”
“I love to pay people that like to work,” said Commissioner Bill Lashley.