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“Many people in my district and, I’m sure, in other districts, agree with me,” he said. “This compromise would allay their fears.”
Eastham added that he was concerned about the economic pressures on the state. “If salary totals are frozen for the coming year, as they very well might be, your teachers at the bottom of the scale will suffer severely.”
Nelson Lane repeated his strong conviction that pay increase must be tied to performance, and offered a suggestion. “Perhaps the scale step could be the average pay for the average teacher, with merit steps built in above and below it for the below-average and above-average employee.”
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