Superintendent Curt Nettles presented the Board of Education with figures they gathered in the past month and says Clinton Schools compare well but points to the issue of attracting good aides and retaining them.

 

 

Advocate for the aides, Ron Conner, says this discussion boils down to bringing in the best possible candidates and the administration holding them accountable. He's calling for a scale to be established for the aides.

 

 

Clinton's highest paid aides did not compare well to other districts and it was pointed out that the retention of aides was not very high. Nettles says if aides are not staying around, for whatever reason, they will not be employed long enough to get salary increases of a long tenured aide elsewhere.

 

 

Principal of Jerry Wayne indicates in the interviewing process for aides at the high school, many turn down the opportunity because the pay is not enough.

 

 

Nettles says he will do further research, come up with a pay scale and present that to the Board during the spring semester to have scale in place for the next school year. He would like to also have something in place that considers the assignment an aide has. 

 

 

You can check out the data the district gathered today at by clicking here.