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Acute Teacher Shortage Prompts Tax Drive in Northeast Louisiana
The second in a series on a proposed one cent Fifth District sales tax examines a deepening teacher shortage in Ouachita Parish and surrounding systems. Officials say raises could attract and retain teachers, with a $500 minimum pay boost and a 5 percent across the board hike for other staff, funded by tax revenue and a surplus distribution among districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita High School
S. T. Howell
Howell
Monroe Asst
Sidney Seegers
Monroe
van D. Odom
Quachita
Milton C. Hall
Orleans Parish
Orleans
Seegers
Ouachita
Riser
Donald Mack
Asst
Bobby Wilson
Louisiana State College
South
Louisiana
Wilson
Fifth District
Louisiana Tech
Grambling
West Carroll Parish
John McKeithen
Parish
Ence
Morehouse Parish
West Monroe
Sterlington