CANYON, TEXAS -- The Canyon ISD School Board voted April 15 to give Superintendent Mike Wartes a raise, and some are upset that teachers did not receive the same.
According to School Board President Randy Darnell, the school calendar allows for raises for both the superintendent and the teachers. Early spring is typically the time when superintendent contracts and salaries are reviewed, and late spring is when raises are considered for teachers.
"We could have waited and posted our superintendent's raise later and we chose not to because we wanted to be transparent to the school district," Darnell said. "But because of these efficiencies we have in place, we're very optimistic that we're going to be able to give a nice raise to all of our teachers, as well."
Darnell added the school board feels Wartes was deserving of the raise because of all the work he has done to help the district.
"We need to keep Mr. Wartes within the average of the raises for school districts our size that deal with the number of students we do. We want to be competitive. We also didn't give a raise unless it was merited, and we felt that Mr. Wartes has done a very outstanding job for our school district."
