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Cary, N.C. — The Wake County Public School System is recommending wage and salary increases for “all employees,” including substitute teachers, to the tune of $38.9 million this year.
The Wake County Board of Education will consider the proposal later Tuesday evening at their regular board meeting, scheduled for 5:45 p.m.
The proposal is the biggest move so far toward a years-long effort by the school board — put on pause at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, to increase pay for the district’s lowest-wage workers.
“When bonuses and base pay combined in January most employees will receive likely the largest paycheck of their WCPSS career,” Superintendent Cathy Moore told the school board.
Board members were receptive to the proposal during a work session Tuesday afternoon.
Employees across experience levels have been pressing the school board and the state for months and even years for raises after years of stagnant wages and frozen step increases.
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