Q74 (originally Q58): Can you explain why it looks like the Transportation Director is getting a $20,000 raise after 1 year of employment and the Facilities Director is getting a $40,000 raise after losing the added responsibilities of Transportation Director last year?
The district explained that prior to FY26, one person managed both departments with salary split 75/25 between Facilities and Transportation. When Transportation was separated into its own department in FY26, the full Facilities salary moved to one budget line. Both directors received the same standard 4% admin increase — the apparent large raise is an accounting artifact of the departmental reallocation.
The Facilities line item question was answered accurately — the 39% appearance was an accounting artifact from the departmental split, not an actual raise. However, Q58 also asked about the Transportation Director's $20K increase, which was not clearly addressed. More importantly, no one has disclosed the total cost of splitting one dual-role position into a Facilities Director (Norm Justice), Transportation Director (Mitzii Smith), and Route Coordinator — three positions where there was previously one. The per-line explanation was transparent; the full fiscal impact of the reorganization was not.
#11 — Facilities & Transportation Split — Line Item Explained, Total Cost Expansion Not Disclosed