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More Vacancies
“We may have more vacancies in the teaching staff as a result of this meeting than we would normally,” announced school board chairman Beverly Massie. “Most likely we’ll have to do away with the index salary that our teachers wanted so much.” She explained that the seven percent average increase in instructional salaries was necessary to avoid any teacher having a pay decrease as a result of implementing the index scale. “I feel sure quite sure we’ll have some teachers consider teaching here another year,” she said, reporting that neighboring counties will offer pay hikes of seven to seven-and-a-half percent. She asked if the supervisors’ action on the school budget was final and if the school board could now count on the total appropriated for each category so contracts for next year could be offered.
“You can issue contracts on the basis of what we’ve today,” Latham replied.
“I can’t say we thank you for cutting $116,000 from our budget,” Massie stated. However, she repeated the school board’s otter to meet at any time with the supervisors to discuss capital outlay plans and any other aspects of the educational program. “I hope in the future we can do that before budget time so you have a better understanding of what our school needs are,” she concluded.
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