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Resident presses board on teacher vacancy rate as superintendent outlines budget talks and bus garage plan
Summary
A Lee County resident urged the board to accelerate pay increases for early-career teachers amid continuing vacancy concerns; Superintendent Dr. Dossenbach reported productive budget talks with county officials and said the district has approval to pursue a sole bus garage beginning July 1.
Mike Sawaya, a Lee County resident and parent of a first-grader at Tramway Elementary, told the board he remains concerned about teacher vacancies and how salary increases are structured.
"I do recognize and appreciate that your budget proposal included monies to adjust the teacher's supplement pay," Sawaya said. "What I was trying to express is my concern that I don't think it starts early enough. I think a young teacher coming out of college getting started, seeing 15 years before it begins to ramp ... could end up with this being what they perceive…
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