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made quick calculations on how much savings would accrue by reducing requested pay hikes from seven to four percent. He asked the supervisors for direction on how to proceed. “I don’t want to offer contracts to teachers based on $20,000 more than you appropriated. I’m certainly not asking you to cut $20,000 more but we need to know your intentions.”
The superintendent emphasized that he won’t know how many teachers will be returning next year until contracts are actually offered for 1983-84. After contracts are presented, teachers then have seveh days to accept or reject positions. “The longer we wait, the harder it will be to recrute,” Estabrook said.
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