AUSTIN, Texas — Pflugerville ISD (PfISD) has approved a 3% midpoint pay raise for teachers for the coming school year.
The move follows similar ones that have occurred in other school districts around the Austin area.
The raise will increase teacher salaries from just over $53,000 annually to just over $55,000 annually, with the possibility of raising by another 3% pending the results of a VATRE (Voter Approval Act Ratification Election) vote in November.
"We struggle and continue to struggle to keep very good staff here in this district," PfISD board member Jane Mayer said.
"I want our teachers [to know], you know, we value you truly. And we're going to do the most we can given the hands that we've been dealt," board member Renae Mitchell said.
The pay raise will go into effect starting with the upcoming school year.