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Nash County school employees urge commissioners to increase local supplements for classified staff
Summary
Dozens of county public‑school employees and supporters told commissioners that the Nash County budget did not increase local supplements for classified staff, calling for a salary supplement this year and comparing Nash to neighboring Wilson County, which provides a 7% supplement to classified staff.
NASHVILLE, N.C. — Several Nash County Public Schools employees used the public‑comment period at the Aug. 11 Board of Commissioners meeting to urge immediate action to raise local salary supplements for classified staff.
Speakers including Wilma Jones DeRosa, Thelma Harris and Christina Walters said the county budget approved in June provided no new locally funded supplement for public‑school classified employees and that pay raises have not kept pace with inflation. “We say we put students first. That’s…
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