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think they do deserve to know pretty soon but I don’t think we have to do it right today on the spot," responded supervisor H. B. Wood.
Cox noted, however, that the supervisors are required by law to approve a school budget by May 1.
Hubert Gilkey said he wasn't convinced of the need for the new administrative position of director of special services to oversee special education, Title 1 and gifted and talented programs. Although he said he “could live with" the 8.5 per cent pay increase sought by the school board, he noted that most salary increases awarded by other jurisdictions are in the four to eight percent range.
“And most of them are falling in the middle," added supervisor chairman J. R. Latham.
School board member Robert Eastham. emphasizing that his entire board had endorsed the 8.5 percent pay hike, pointed out that dropping off a percentage point or two from teacher salaries wouldn't save “an awful lot of money." At 8.5 percent, salaries for instructional personnel total $945,249, he said, while at seven percent, total teacher pay will be $932,000, a savings of only a half cent on the tax rate.
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