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Carteret County special-education teachers ask board to raise supplements to 13% and pay them monthly
Summary
At the April 1 school board meeting, three special-education teachers asked the Carteret County Board of Education to increase supplemental pay to 13% and to change payment timing from twice yearly to monthly, citing cost pressures and tax impacts.
Three special-education teachers urged the Carteret County Board of Education on April 1 to increase district supplemental pay to 13% and to change the supplement payment schedule from twice a year to monthly.
The request came during public comment from Teresa Rufflogle, a special-education teacher at West Carteret High School; Jennifer Rouse, an exceptional-children teacher at West Carteret; and Claudia Jenkins, a first-year Carteret County teacher with two decades of prior experience elsewhere. Rufflogle cited a longevity study from Chicago about the value of education and said teachers…
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