City schools to consider pay increase for Northview principal

The Dothan City School Board will consider a hefty pay bump for Northview High School Principal Ron Snell Monday.

Dothan City School Superintendent Sam Nichols is expected to recommend that Snell recieve a $12,000 pay raise. If the board goes along with it, Snell will make $105,000 per year, about 13 percent more than his current $93,000 salary. Dothan High’s new principal, Matt Humphrey, makes about $95,000 per year.

Snell’s contract is up, and Nichols said Snell had been considering employment elsewhere.

The pay raise comes in the midst of state budget cuts and just a few weeks after the system reduced its work force.

Nichols said the pay increase would keep Snell current with experienced principals of other 6A schools in the area. Nichols said Snell is a valuable employee and that Northview needs continutiy and stability.

Northview High School has yet to meet the federal No Child Left Behind act’s adequate yearly progress goal, but has shown progress toward meeting the goal. In the past five years the school has seen steady increases in problem areas such as test scores of certain demographic groups and graduation rates.  School officials have expressed confidence that Northview and Dothan High will meet the goal this year.