For several months, Ron Conner has been an outspoken proponent to raise the levels of pay for Clinton staff and Tuesday night at the Board of Education meeting, the pay of aides in the district was the subject of discussion.

 

Conner contends the pay for aides in Clinton is not up to par of area schools.

 

 

Conner says many districts have a pay scales that their districts follow and implores district staff to explore their scales and see how Clinton compares.

 

 

According to Superintendent Curt Nettles, the district is exploring a scale for aides. He indicates the work aides do is very intense based on their assignments.

 

 

Board member John Blythe indicates the district has looked at the disparity before and says the current pay is something that fits the district.

 

 

The Board will continue to explore a teacher aide scale and hope to implement something for the start of the next school year because of financial challenges of making a change mid-year.

 

The Board approved the hiring of four additional aides for kindergarten and first grade.