This Alabama school system fired teachers, gave administrators $20,000 in bonuses Updated 7:29 PM; By Tim Lockette The Anniston Star, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Anniston’s school board on Tuesday voted to pink-slip more than a dozen teachers and teachers’ aides, then in a separate vote approved roughly $20,000 in one-time bonuses to administrators. One member of the board said the bonus vote took the school system in the wrong direction. “This board has been concerned over the last several years about top-heaviness,” said board member Joan Frazier. “We are already spending more on salary for the top level positions, this year, more than we spent the previous year.”