School Board hashes over substitute teacher pay increase

St. Landry Parish School Board members Hazel Sias and Timmakah Hardy confer at Monday’s meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
St. Landry Parish School Board members Hazel Sias and Timmakah Hardy confer at Monday’s meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A St. Landry Parish School Board committee is recommending certified substitute teacher pay be raised from $70 to $90 a day. The raise would be for short term substitutes. The agenda included a raise for long-term substitutes from $165 a day to $175 a day. Long-term substitute teachers are those who work for more than 20 days consecutively. The raise for the long-term substitutes was scrubbed from…