Noblesville Schools announced Tuesday that after a competitive compensation assessment of over 20 area school districts, it will address significant pay gaps among support staff ranks with a salary increase.
The raises will average 6 percent, but could be considerably more for some groups such as custodians and school secretaries, who were found to be near the bottom in salary comparisons with other districts.
Mundy
“When the community thinks of schools they think of teachers, but schools do not run with teachers alone,” said Associate Superintendent Dr. David Mundy. “Our support personnel are integral to the everyday functioning of our education system and like teachers, we’re committed to ensuring they are paid competitively for the important roles they play.”
Custodians, secretaries and other support staff like classroom instructional assistants, bus drivers, maintenance employees, food service staff, technology professionals and financial personnel make up more than half of the district’s over 1,500 employees.
The salary adjustment for support staff follows the recent announcement of the largest compensation increase for teachers in almost 40 years. With these changes, Noblesville teachers and support staff are more competitively placed relative to other area school districts. The district was able to make these adjustments thanks to the passage of the November 2018 referendum.