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Raises For Teachers, Some Staff In GCS Budget Request by Keri Brown
10:43pm May 11, 2021 Members of the Guilford County Board of Education discuss the proposed 2021-2022 budget and other agenda items during a meeting on May 11, 2021. Screenshot: KERI BROWN/WFDD
The Guilford County School board approved the superintendent’s budget recommendation for the new school year on Tuesday night totaling more than $800 million.
The proposed funding includes investments in student mental health and support services, and to help kids who have fallen behind.
There’s also a request to county commissioners for more local money that would be used for teacher supplements and providing a minimum $15-an-hour wage for bus drivers and child nutrition workers.
Funds must now be approved by County Commissioners. Author: Megan Allman (WFMY News 2 Digital), Terrence Jefferies (WFMY News 2), Alma McCarty Published: 2:22 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 7:37 AM EDT May 12, 2021
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. The Guilford County School Board approved the budget for next year during its Tuesday night meeting. It includes raises for GCS staff and teachers but will have to get past county commissioners now.
Dozens of teachers and GCS staff stood outside the administrative building ahead of the meeting, calling for the board to approve GCS Superintendent Dr. Sharon Contreras proposed budget, which includes a minimum wage of $15 per hour for all GCS staff and 5% pay bumps for teachers.
GCS nutrition workers and bus drivers might get a pay bump; GCAE asks for all school employees to get the same
“The Guilford County Schools budget proposal is an excellent first step, but more must be done, GCAE President Todd Warren said. Author: Jessica Winters Updated: 7:48 PM EDT April 20, 2021
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C.
On Tuesday Superintendent Dr. Sharon Contreras presented a proposed budget for the 2021-2022 academic school year. The Guilford County Board of Education discussed the budget recommendation, totaling more than $700,000,000.
School leaders went over everything from recovering from COVID-19 learning loss recovery to pay raises.
The Guilford County Association of Educators held a press conference shortly after the meeting to address the suggested pay raises.
Newly created role designed to further diversity, equity and inclusion at specialty grocer
Gerald Walden has been appointed vice president, deputy general counsel and head of diversity at The Fresh Market.
Walden previously served as vice president and head of legal. As head of diversity, a newly created role, he will oversee The Fresh Market’s efforts to advance and integrate diversity, equity and inclusion values and practices across the company and with business partners and customers, the Greensboro, N.C.-based specialty grocer said.
In his role as deputy general counsel, Walden (left) will continue to serve as a leader in The Fresh Market’s legal team through his deep experience in labor and employment law, the company noted. He also serves on The Fresh Market’s Diversity Action Board and, for almost a decade, has overseen the retailer’s legal internship program, which provides opportunities exclusively to minority law students.