{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Williamsburg Ind. BOE approves raises for all employees &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tZygoIzBVI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/williamsburg-ind-boe-approves-raises-for-all-employees\/\">Williamsburg Ind. BOE approves raises for all employees<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/williamsburg-ind-boe-approves-raises-for-all-employees\/embed\/#?secret=tZygoIzBVI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Williamsburg Ind. BOE approves raises for all employees&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"tZygoIzBVI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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During their regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, board members voted unanimously to provide all classified positions\u2014or non-teaching personnel\u2014a $2 hourly raise and all certified employees a 6 percent raise. The raises take effect beginning July 1. The board\u2019s decision was met with joyous applause by employees who were in attendance. Superintendent Tabetha Housekeeper commended the staff for their work over the past year. She also made sure to acknowledge that one of the biggest advocates for providing such substantial raises was the board itself. \u201cThese board members, all five of them, they love this place. We have spent countless hours on the salary schedule, countless hours crunching numbers seeing if we can do this and do it the right way for staff. But you know who had your back and was pushing us for more, more, more? These guys,\u201d said Housekeeper. \u201cWhen we were trying to be conservative, these guys said, \u2018If we can do, let\u2019s do it.\u2019\u201d Other area school districts have also recently provided employees with raises, which were made available due to recent legislation increasing SEEK funding and transportation budgets. In other board of education business: &#8211; A number of existing positions were abolished during last Tuesday\u2019s meeting, including: director of curriculum and instruction, dean of students, bookstore\/school activity and chief information officer. The duties performed by those positions will be rolled into other existing positions and a variety of new positions that were also created during last Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Of those new positions created were: director of innovative learning, assistant principal of elementary, assistant principal of middle school\/high school, elementary MTTS coordinator, director of transportation, director of facilities and teaching and learning coach. During last month\u2019s meeting, an assistant superintendent position was also created. Since last week\u2019s board meeting, it has been announced that Marc Taylor, who has served as principal since the 2019-2020 school year, will take over that role. Housekeeper confirmed to the News Journal on Tuesday that head principal interviews will begin next week. &#8211; A special-called meeting of the board of education was held last Monday to perform a superintendent evaluation to gauge Housekeeper\u2019s performance over the past year. That evaluation is done using a competency-based system where the superintendent and board work together to gauge performance, identify areas of competency and determine any growth needed for the superintendent to focus on in a given year. The system is based around seven standards of leadership for the superintendent\u2014strategic leadership, instructional leadership, cultural leadership, human resource leadership, managerial leadership, collaborative leadership and influential leadership\u2014and superintendents receive one of four grades, ranging from \u201cgrowth required\u201d to \u201cexemplary.\u201d Housekeeper, who just finished her first year as the school\u2019s superintendent, received an \u201cexemplary\u201d grade in all seven standards, according to Board Chair Kim Williams. During last Tuesday\u2019s board meeting, Williams took a moment to commend Housekeeper on her work. \u201cI just wanted to let everyone know in this body, and frankly, all over this town, we\u2019re very pleased to have her here and we really think things are going in the right direction,\u201d said Williams. Housekeeper spoke briefly about her goals for the coming year, saying that she is focusing on two key issues to help continue to improve the district. \u201cRelationships with kids, and teaching and learning,\u201d said Housekeeper. \u201cEvery dollar we spend next year, it\u2019s going to support one of those goals.\u201d"}