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November 18, 1976
GRYPHON
Rocky Moant Senior High Rocky Monnt, N.C. 27801
Vol. 3, No. 3
Teacher salaries are a
continuing public issue across
the nation and particularly in
which ranks
28th in the national scale of
salaries.
Theoretically all North Caro
lina teachers are paid the same
salary according to the number
of years experience. The
salary scale is set up according
to a Certification based on
completion of undergraduate
study and Graduate Certifica
tion which requires an advanced
degree. Teachers in each
category receive annual incre
ments for up to 13 years of
experience.
However, some cities and
counties offer supplements or
extra pay to their teachers in
order to attract and to keep the
besf teachers.
Each teacher in Rocky Mount
receives a supplement from
local funds according to the
state certificate scale. Those
who have an A-0 certificate
receive $410 while those with
an A-13 certificate receive $495.
Those teachers holding a G-0
certificate receive $417 in local
supplement while those with a
G-14 certificate receive $510
annually.
A teacher holding an A-0
certificate in Wilson receives
$250 while one holding an A-13
certificate receives $300. A
teacher holding a G-0 certificate
in Wilson receives $300 while
one holding a G-14 certificate
receives $375. In Roanoke
Rapids a teacher with an A-0
certificate receives $281 while
one with A-13 certificate
receives $399. If a teacher holds
a G-0 certificate, he receives
$304 while one with a G-14 cer
tificate receives $444 in local
supplement annually. These fig
ures were obtained from a chart
compiled by the North Carolina
Association of Educators.
According to last year’s
figures, high school principals
in Rocky Mount receive between
$1,300 and $3,250. Similar
principals in Wilson would
receive between $1,890 and
$2,625. High school principals
in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
would receive between $37 and
$3,197 according to NCAE fig
ures. The NCAE could not
determine the range of supple
ment paid to assistant principals
in Rocky Mount. Supplement
range for principals in large
schools in North Carolina last
year was between $1,023 and
$1,140. Rocky Mount’s max
imum principal supplement is
$3,250.
In some systems tne
superintendent also receives an
annual local supplement. The
superintendent of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg receives $11,765.
The superintendent of Rocky
Mount receives $10,500 how
ever, on the 1976-77 school year
budget approved by the City
Council the $10,500 was listed
as salary. The superintendent of
Wilson receives between
$10,000 and $12,000. Some
systems, including Rocky
Mount, also pay associate or
assistant superintendents local
supplements.
Inside the Rocky Mount City
School System, some teachers
receive an addition to the local
supplement. A department head
at Rocky Mount Senior High
School receives $100 in addition
to the local supplement and
state salary. The advisor to the
cheerleaders receives an ad
ditional $150. Teachers who
work with clubs receive no
additional supplement and
neither do advisors to publica
tions.
However, Rocky Mount’s
band directors receive ad
ditional supplements. Accord-
Mayberry County
Morehead Winner
MAYBERRY WINS COMPETITION: Paul Mayberry, a senior
at Rocky Mount Senior High, has been chosen as a county
winner in competition for a Morehead Scholarship.
Additional Salary
Debatable Topic
Paul Mayberry was selected
as one of the three county
semi-finalists for the Morehead
Scholarship Wednesday, Nov.
10.
A committee of six men and
one woman interviewed each
nominee from all the Nash
County Schools. Each interview
lasted for exactly 20 minutes.
Personal questions dominated
the interview. The committee
was primarily interested in each
of the nominees’ personal
values and opinions. The
questions had no right or wrong
answer.
Fourteen faculty members
assisted the Senior High
nominees in preparing for the
interviews. The faculty quizzed
the nominees on current events
and political affairs since these
were the major topics of the in
terviews last year.
Three steps are involved in
receiving the Morehead Scho
larship. The first step is the
Upcoming .
Our Town — Friday night,
Nov. 12, $2.75.
All’s Well that Ends Well —
Friday night, Feb. 4, $4.00.
The Crucible — Friday night,
March 4, $4.00.
We must have at least 20
people to go. Bus Seats are
$3.00.
Productions begin at 8:00 so
the bus will leave by 4:00 from
Nash Street. The bus will return
between 12:30 and 1:00 a.m.
unless unforseen events delay
it.
ing to last year’s NCAE figures,
they receive between $1,100
and $1,900 in addition to the
local supplement. According to
The Evening Telegram, one
band director received a $500
boost in the supplement this
year.
Local coaches also receive an
additional supplement. Ac
cording to figures prepared by
the NCAE in the spring of 1976,
Rocky Mount paid its coaches
between $850 and $2,300 in
addition to the regular teacher’s
supplements and state salary.
Last year Rocky Mount’s
teacher supplement ranked
42nd out of 87 units (who
returned the completed
survey to the NCAE) paying
supplements. Since that time,
however. Rocky Mount teachers
have received a $100 raise in
local annual supplements.
county interview. All students
nominated by the Nash County
Schools were interviewed.
Three students were chosen to
continue to the District Level.
Here the finalists will be
chosen.
The last step is a weekend in
Chapel Hill. All district finalists
will be invited to UNC for a
weekend. At an appointed time
each finalists will be in
terviewed for the last time.
The winners of the Morehead
Scholarship receive a scholar
ship for $2,750 a year. It covers
tuition, board, room, laundry.
books, all student fees and in
cidental expenses.
The following faculty mem
bers helped prepare the Senior
High nominees for their first in
terview: Mrs. Barbara Taylor,
Mrs. Reba Bone, Mrs. Mar-
querite Armstrong, Mrs. Sue
Hayworth, Mrs. Sarah Speight,
Mrs. Jane White, Mrs. Betty
"Penny, Miss Alma Murchison,
Mr. Walter Rublein, Mr. Jerry
Conleton, Mrs. Julia Kron, Miss
Kate Parks Kitchen, Mrs.
Edythe Tweedy, and Mr. Wil
liam Hutchisson.
Traveled Student
AFS Nominee
KEVIN BEAIRSTO, a junior at Rocky Mount Senior High,
has been chosen as the American Field Service nominee to
represent Senior High.
Kevin Beairsto has been
named the American Foreign
Exchange Nominee from Rocky
Mount. Kevin is among six
hundred students from the
United States who are eligible to
travel abroad this summer.
When asked how he felt about
being chosen he replies “It’s
Exciting.”
Kevin was screened in a
special interview recently with
three other students, Polly
Mayo, Hugh Nobles, and Misty
Hoskins. In this interview Kevin
was asked about his back
ground. He has lived in many
parts of the United States such
as Illinois, Minnesota, and New
Mexico. Kevin has also put
himself in several situations
such as what he would do if he
met up with a person of
Communist views. When asked
where he would like to travel,
Kevin said he wanted to go to
Switzerland and because he
likes to go to the mountains
skiing. He has already been out
of the United States to Canada
and Mexico.
Kevin became interested in
the Foreign Exchange Program
because he would like to go to
another country and learn about
the people and their customs.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Beairsto and the oldest
of five children. Besides
snow-skiing Kevin enjoys all
kinds of water sports such as
canoeing and fishing.