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Union questions district plan to fund $1,000 one-time bonus with millage carryforward and unfilled positions
Summary
At a Hernando County bargaining session, union negotiators pressed district officials to explain how $6,065,000 in "24-25 millage carry forward" funds and unfilled positions would be used to pay a proposed $1,000 one-time bonus, saying the public framing implied instructional staff were being sacrificed.
Lisa Braithwaite, principal of Explorer K-8 and a lead negotiator for the Hernando County Teachers Association (HCTA), challenged district officials on the use of millage carryforward funds during a bargaining meeting, saying a chart shared with the public made it appear the district would close vacant social-work and counselor positions "and the district will not fill those positions for the remainder of this school year even if there is a qualified candidate."
Braithwaite pointed to a line on the chart described as "24-25 millage carry forward" showing $6,065,000 and asked whether those funds were budgeted for and approved uses carried forward from prior years or whether they were a flexible snapshot the district could reallocate. "Is that what…
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