Lenoir City’s Board of Education approved Tuesday morning a
$20 million budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year, including a
3 percent salary increase for teachers and administrators.
“I just want to thank the board for working hard with us
both on our budget and on our strategic plan for the next
five years,” Superintendent Jeanne Barker said. “We have had
an awful lot of work recently with different meetings, so I
would like to recommend that we cancel our workshop June 23
and pick up with our next regularly scheduled meeting July
14.”
Barker’s annual salary will
remain at $129,000.Five teaching positions were
repurposed, with two additional receptionist and
custodian/maintenance positions for the new central
office located in downtown Lenoir City.
U.S. Department of Agriculture payments for free and
reduced-price breakfasts and lunches are expected to
increase a little more than $38,000.
Upcoming facility improvements include restriping for
the elementary and high school parking lots and
additional cameras for the middle school.
BOE officials expect to receive about $491,000 more from
the state in 2016-17 than in the current year.
“The governor had a big initiative this year to increase
teacher salaries and benefits,” Jeanie Mowery, business
manager, said. “He put a lot into that this year and
focused on increasing technology costs as well.”