Following a lively discussion during Monday’s special called board meeting, the San Marcos CISD Board of Trustees voted 4-2 against paying time and a half for paraprofessionals and auxiliary employees.
Trustee Miguel Arredondo placed the item on the agenda, asking the board to consider taking action to pay the district’s paraprofessional/auxiliary employees time and half of their hourly rate for each hour worked up to 40 hours per week beginning on Aug. 4 until discontinued by the board of trustees. Arredondo later attempted to amend his motion to also include all hourly employees.
“As we reopen our schools and as we bring back all faculty and staff, I think we’ve seen this being done in various places and spaces,” Arredondo said. “As a large employer, I think to show our commitment to ISD staff and their willingness to return to work in person that’s why I put it on the agenda.”
