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Residents, teachers press Columbia County School Board to increase pay amid staffing shortages
Summary
At a Columbia County School Board meeting, several residents and teachers described teacher departures and long-term substitute use and urged the board to use state and local funds to raise teacher pay.
Several residents and teachers used the public-comment period at a Columbia County School Board meeting to press the district for higher teacher pay and to warn that current salaries are driving experienced teachers to neighboring counties.
The speakers said the district is losing full-time teachers to higher-paying nearby districts and that classrooms are being staffed by long-term substitutes. Vicky Garrett, giving her address at the meeting, said a longtime colleague left the county for a higher salary: “We lose talented teachers not because they don't wanna be here. They just can't function. They can't live a life on what they…
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