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Teachers, support personnel look to board for raises
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After the Bulloch County Board of Education increased Superintendent Charles Wilson’s salary in his new two-year contract and heard a report of increased state funding, teachers and other school employees voiced a desire for raises.Noting that she is also a Bulloch County taxpayer and parent, Southeast Bulloch Middle School teacher Tracey Simons presented a letter to board members at their April 10 meeting. She asked for an explanation of the board’s promising Wilson a $20,000 raise in the first year of the new contract followed by a $10,000 increase, if goals are met, the second year. Bulloch County teachers had their pay reduced by furlough days the past five years, she said.“The duties and responsibilities of the role of teacher have not been lessened as a result of being furloughed,” Simons stated in the letter.
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