Edna schoolteachers won’t likely see any pay raises outside of regular step increases for longevity with the district, but almost everyone else in the district will next school year.
That follows school board actions taken on Monday, June 15, where pay increases were approved to everyone from campus administrative staff, counselors and nurses to classroom aides, cafeteria workers and maintenance personnel.
While not a direct percentage or specific allotment increase across all those different job categories, district finance leaders sought raises that made them “more competitive with like positions across other districts” in Texas Education Agency’s Region 3, as superintendent Mason Briscoe worded it.
Educators saw some substantial pay increases last school year, anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000 more per year, depending on their years of teaching experience.
Those salary increases went statewide, following actions taken by state lawmakers in Austin last year. While addressing teacher salaries specifically, however, last year’s pay increases did not consider any other positions within the district.
Edna ISD administrators look to remedy that as part of the 2026-27 budget process.
School trustees also approved coaching stipends increases on Monday, again, to better align them with dollar amounts paid by other districts across Region 3. Plans are in place to address stipends for other extracurricular activities as well, such as UIL academic events, FFA events and other such activities.
Board members will take them up at their July meeting, hopefully with firmer figures in hand on items like property tax appraisals and health insurance premiums for the coming year.
In other business:
• Trustees received reports on the most recent round of junior high STAAR testing results, which saw some nice gains overall, with students meeting and exceeding local goals in several areas, particularly in their math scores.
• The district received two donations from local organizations, including $500 from the Edna Knights of Columbus, for use by the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and $940 from the Edna Education Foundation, for use by the school’s agricultural and mechanics programs.
• The board met in closed session to discuss recently submitted faculty resignations and six new hires. As they look to the new school year, Briscoe said the only teaching position they lack currently is an elementary special education teacher.
