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Published Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 9:17 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.
The Clark County School Board approved new contracts with its teachers and administrators Thursday, including a 4 percent cost-of-living pay hike authorized by the 2007 Legislature.
The vote was 6-0, with School Board member Shirley Barber absent.
Earlier in the evening the School Board called a brief recess so that the audience could watch Gov. Jim Gibbons' televised address on the budget crisis. In his speech, Gibbons said he would not support rescinding the teachers' raises as a means of trimming the budget.
School Board President Mary Beth Scow said she was grateful Gibbons had apparently taken the teachers' raises "off the table." Scow and her colleagues had said they figured they had to approve the contracts even if the state decided not to provide funding for the pay hikes.
Mary Ella Holloway, who is retiring from her position as president of the Clark County Education Association, said the contract is a victory on many levels.
"There's more in this contract than just the money," Holloway said.
The contract also includes new language that will likely improve the teacher evaluation process, and foster a better working environment at schools, Holloway said.
Thank God Holloway is retiring. She was completely useless.
Well that's great for teachers already in the district. What is going to happen with the hiring freeze? Will they be hiring qualifed teachers to take over the 600 positions being held by long term subs?
You have to understand that CCSD saves big bucks when they don't hire permanent teachers. Subs become a cheap labor force. They work for $90.00 a day. They don't receive benefits. Did you know that CCSD receives money for ALL of the vacancies they have in CCSD. So if they can scam the state for all of these vacancies and then turn around and NOT hire teachers, they still get that money. So you can see that hiring freezes are good for CCSD. They're bad for students and qualified teachers (bigger classes). So CCSD will take in even more dough and spend even less.