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Citizen, teachers' representative urge Columbia County to address teacher pay and presentation rules
Summary
A citizen warned the board the district is losing teachers and urged higher pay and easier public-presentation procedures; the Columbia Teachers Association thanked the board for funds to offset insurance increases but said more is needed.
Mickey Garrett, a Columbia County resident, told the school board the district is losing teachers and urged the board to find funds to keep and value local educators.
Garrett said he knows “three teachers, a science teacher, a math teacher, and a special needs teacher that are no longer in this county,” and he cited pay and a lack of respect as primary reasons people left. “I would bet anybody on the board and anybody in the audience would be able to tell me why. It it's money. They don't feel respected,” Garrett said.
Garrett also criticized how the district…
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