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schools. “We have a pupil/teacher ratio of 13.8:1. If we want to give the teachers a salary increase, cut the staff by 20 percent,” he proposed, noting that he wasn’t suggesting anyone be fired but rather that vacancies be left unfilled. “If we drop 10 percent of our teachers, we would still have a ratio of 18:1 and we could increase salaries by 20 percent. . .
“Somebody in education has got to figure out how we can pay our teachers properly and not break the taxpayers of this county. Until we end this cycle, it’s going to be a constant battle every year,” Mr. Miller said, calling the accusation that the supervisors are anti-education “absolutely untrue.” He emphasized, however, that the number one issue in his district is high taxes — not education.
Supervisor Nelson echoed Mr. Miller’s position on teachers’ pay, describing salaries as “the number one crisis in our schools.”
“I don’t think our teachers are overpaid one bit. I think we must have competitive salaries,” he said, but called for staff reductions, noting that enrollment is “now 30 percent down from the 1,200 we did have.”
Mr. Lane recalled that as a School Board member and as a supervisor, he’d asked the administration for “help in meeting the commitment (to higher salaries)” but without getting “one shred of advice
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