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spotsy school board approves plan to use furloughs if necessary Date published: 3/9/2010
BY PAMELA GOULD The Spotsylvania County School Board stared out at a sea of red last night as two-thirds of the roughly 300 people packing its meeting were teachers and staff who dressed in solidarity over concerns about a furlough policy. Though the board does not currently plan any staff-wide furlough days, teachers expressed concern about how any days would be implemented and whether a future board might apply the policy differently. "People are scared," Spotsylvania Education Association President Renee Beverly told the board. After a motion from board member Linda Wieland and a second by Jim Gillespie, the board unanimously approved the furlough policy, which gives the board authority to implement up to 10 furlough days in a school year. However, on a motion by board member Donald Holmes and a second by Amanda Blalock, the wording for staff contracts was amended so that the policy could not be implemented beyond the 2011-12 school year without new action by the School Board. That move followed a request by teachers to limit how long a furlough policy could be used. All board members and Superintendent Jerry Hill said last night that they hope to avoid implementing a staff-wide furlough. "It is my hope that we don't do a furlough for anyone besides those of us who are already furloughed in the budget," Hill said. The board approved a fiscal 2011 budget that is $15 million less than this year's budget. It includes furloughs only for top administrators. Last night, Hill encouraged staff and parents to contact legislators to encourage them to pass the state budget proposed by the Senate. He said he fears the school division faces additional cuts once the state budget is approved. "I believe we will be cut some more. I just don't know how much," he said. For at least the third time this budget cycle, Hill expressed his displeasure that the Virginia General Assembly hasn't considered increasing the cigarette tax, which he said is the 49th lowest of the 50 states.
Guderian How many students were in your HS? Also the VA Standards of Quality laws determine the number of positions based upon the number of school students.
Had teachers, 1 principal, 1 assistant principal, 1 secretary, 1 nurse, 20 part time bus drivers, 1 coach of each sex (2), 1 janitor and a part time driver ed guy.
My science teacher, Mr Van Sicklen, always told us never to stick anything larger than our elbow in our ear.
I think present day school administrations should take a lesson here..
Don't know about Spotsy but most schools have firewalls so you can't post on sites like this or FB ect.
Operating + Debt Service / # of students =
$10,567 per student
Get that down to $10,000 per child and you'll save $13.7 million. Don't tell me we can't educate each child for $10,000 a year.
I also think it's a good idea to raise the cig tax.... a lot. It's a win-win situation.
loughed if and when there are furlough days? just curious.
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