Board Recommends Pay Hike and Vacancy Action
Ouachita Parish School Board finance committee recommends pay raises for several supervisors and staff. A replacement for Mrs. Marie Louise Snellings is not discussed, with a July meeting likely before action. The district attorney’s office may advise on filling the vacancy while trustees review the salary package.
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Ouachita Parish
Marie Louise Snellings
J. T. Lee
Snellings
Lee
District Attorney's ‘Office
Finance Committee
Bill DeMoss
DeMoss
Swayze
Richardson
Lakeshore
Parish
Education system under fire in Louisiana debate over teacher pay
Legislator Hainkel blasted the states education performance citing high illiteracy and a $30.1 million pay package for teachers. Rep Jackson defended teachers arguing for broader system reforms and leadership changes. The plan includes a $500 across the board raise and a starting salary rise to $7,230 with annual cost of living adjustments.
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Plaquemine
Robert Freeman
State Department” of Education
Freeman
Mc Gibbs
Edwin. Edwards
Gibbs
Joseph ‘Kyle
Heachers
LTA
Monroe
Lawrence Gibbs
House
Ernor
Edwards
Bill
Hainkel
Louisiana
New ‘Orleans
Shreveport
Alphonse Jackson
Jackson
E - Board
Hoard hikes outline city and school employee raises
The document outlines cost increases totaling $303.48 for senior bus drivers and $1.4 million for five percent raises not to exceed $500 per worker. Administrative clerical lunch staff and other school employees face similar five percent raises with high total costs. School lunch staff in private and parochial schools get five percent COLA capped at $508 each for a total of $184,886.
Minnesota Becomes 32nd State in 1858
The note recalls Minnesota joining the United States as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. It also mentions Peter Minuit, the Dutch governor, who allegedly purchased Manhattan Island from Indigenous people in 1626 for trinkets valued at about $24.
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Minnesota
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
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