The Palm Beach County School Board has unanimously approved a raise for Superintendent Dr. Robert Avossa. We told you last week that he was given nearly a perfect score during evaluations. Under a plan approved by the board last night, Avossa would get a 3 percent raise on his current $325,000 annual salary, which works out to just under $10,000 per year. He’s currently the third highest paid superintendent in Florida behind those in Miami-Dade and Broward. Teachers will get a 3.2 percent average raise, which has not been ratified by the Classroom Teachers Association, though the union president has called it a “good contract.” Under the contract, teachers rated “highly effective” would get raises of 3.5%, while those rated “effective” will see 2.75 percent pay increases..
The Palm Beach County School Board unanimously agreed to give the district’s roughly 12,500 teachers raises of 3.2 percent on average, while other district employees from principals to bus mechanics will see their pay rise about 3 percent.
Because Superintendent Robert Avossa’s raise was tied by contract to those of district administrators, the board vote also cleared the way for him to earn a 3 percent raise or an additional $9,750 — his first raise in three years.
This month, Avossa earned an overall “highly effective” rating from board members, setting him up to earn whatever similarly rated administrators earned. The increase brings his annual base salary to $334,750.