Poorly paid teachers work multiple jobs in North Carolina
SHELBY HARRIS, Asheville Citizen Times
July 18, 2021
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) Half of Olivia Chiavaras’ time is spent across from other people their hands in hers as she trims cuticles and spreads polish over freshly filed fingernails. The other half is spent in a classroom.
Chiavaras’ main job her calling, as she says is as a third grade teacher at North Buncombe Elementary School where she’s been for nine years. Next year, she will shift to teach for the Buncombe County Schools Virtual Academy.
But to pay her mortgage and feed her child, Chiavaras, like so many other North Carolina teachers, has had a second job since she began educating.
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Cherokee County students earned regional and state honors through the annual Georgia Student Technology Competition. (Shutterstock)
CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA Cherokee County students earned regional and state honors through the annual Georgia Student Technology Competition.
The statewide competition offers students in grades 3-12 the opportunity to showcase their skills through 16 categories and vie for honors at regional and state fairs.
Nearly 90 Cherokee County students put their technology skills to the test at the Piedmont Regional Technology Competition. The regional event was organized and led by Shannon Carroll, the district s supervisor of instructional technology, and Jeff Pence, the district s instructional technology specialist.
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Local schools anticipate students will not perform as well as usual in state testing due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s weighty strain on education.
Buncombe County Schools Director of Testing Steve Earwood said because “many students have had their education disrupted,” the district is preparing for lower test scores.
“The results may be lower than they would have been in a normal year, but it will be reflective of the learning that has taken place,” Earwood said. “We may find that the students will do much better than we think they will. We don’t know which is why we need the assessments to accurately gauge the impact COVID has had on the education of our students.”
Three local schools and one child care center have been hit with COVID-19 clusters, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
A.C. Reynolds Middle School, Johnston Elementary School, Asheville Christian Academy and Childcare Network #177 in Fairview have had a cluster, which according to the state health department is at least five people testing positive for the coronavirus in 14 days.
The most recent cluster was at Reynolds where one staff member and six students have contracted the virus, NCDHHS data showed.
Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services performed contact tracing and notified any school-related close contacts of those who had tested positive, according to a Buncombe County Schools April 20 press release. Reynolds staff also cleaned and sanitized areas related to these cases, according to the release.