NEA moves toward merit pay but rejects national policy change
The National Education Association edged toward ending a century of resisting performance pay while not endorsing merit pay as a national policy. It said locals may pursue bonuses tied to student performance, but no compensation package should replace seniority or be dictated by principals. Substantial debate followed, with critics arguing bonuses threaten equity for disadvantaged students and years of seniority pay.
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Barbara Kerr
California Teachers Association
Edithe Fulton
New Jersey Education Association
ATC explores new facilities amid campus expansion plans
ATC advances multiple projects including the Dale Phelan Information Technology Center expected to open before fall classes. The ITC, 95 percent finished, will house main upray labs and classrooms with modern computer equipment. Other efforts include the CSRA Manufacturing and Technology Training Center due in 2001 and a health science building planned after state bond funding.
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Dale Phelan Information Technology Center
ATC
Dennis Rogers
Phelon
Dale Phelon
R.E. Phelon Co
Rogers
ITC
Csra Manufacturing and ‘Technology
Division of Continuing Education
Conome Development
Susan Graham
WSRC offers group insurance through Liberty Mutual program
Westinghouse Savannah River Co employees and retirees may join Liberty Mutual Group Savings Plus for auto homeowners and other coverages to cut costs. WSRC cites safety history and potential future discounts. Kickoff is July 10 in 708 A cafeteria with meetings July 11 19 and 20. phone lines available 7 am to 11 pm weekdays and 7 am to 7 pm Saturdays.
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Savannah River Co
Liberty Mutual
Group Savings
WSRC
Mickie Seitter
High Court faces challenge over last minute gambling ruling
South Carolina Supreme Court accused of breaking own rules as courts weighed a last minute bid to keep video gambling operable. Henry E. Ingram secured a circuit court order Friday blocking enforcement of the ban at his sites. A handwritten order lifted the TRO later, signed by three judges.
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Columbia
South Carolin
Supreme Court
Henry E. Ingram
Ingram
Vetoes by Hodges Seen as Partisan Move in Budget
Gov Jim Hodges quietly vetoed about six programs in the 6 billion budget including 3 million for a Spartanburg downtown development project. The guard against partisan action comes as lawmakers mull override in January after Hodges defended fiscal restraint and rejected items backed by Republicans and some Democrats.
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Spartan Bus
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House Ways and Means
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Charleston
Hodges
Morton Brilliant
David Wilkins
Wilkins
Pro-flag Groups Plan Baltimore Raid Demonstration
Three conservative groups plan to protest outside the NAACP Convention in Baltimore waving Confederate flags and wearing Civil War era uniforms. Sponsored by the Southern Party of Georgia the Maryland event opposes NAACP efforts to remove the flag from public display amid related political actions and tourism boycotts affecting the South.
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Southern Party of Georgia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
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