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ASHEBORO — Randolph Partnership for Children held its annual meeting breakfast on Aug. 22 at Pinewood Country Club.

Gov. Roy Cooper took notice of teacher pay discrepancy in his fiscal years 2021-23 budget recommendations.  Cooper proposes the state appropriate $268.9 million in fiscal year 2022 and $439.3 million in fiscal year 2023 in teacher pay “to decrease pay disparity between educators and similarly credentialed and experienced professionals in other fields,” his recommendation states.  “This budget also works to make good on our state’s Constitutional duty to make sure every child has acces...

Even with annual raise, local teachers still arent paid enough to live in Asheville Shelby Harris, Asheville Citizen Times © Angela Wilhelm/Asheville Citizen Times Joanne Robert, a 7th grade math teacher at Asheville Middle School, encourages drivers to honk their horns during the “Our Schools Deserve Funds Now” rally at Vance Memorial in downtown Asheville January 15, 2020. "We are the profession that makes every profession possible," said Robert, who is in her 35th year...