Mobile Home Burns STAFf PHOTO BY SUSAN USHIR A Brunswick Electric Membership Corp. employee disconnects electricity Friday afternoon to the Vea Landing Road home of Ronnie Gore after a smoldering fire blackened the interior. Calabash, Wac camaw and Grissettown-l.ongwood Volunteer h ire Departments responded along with Calabash EMS. Calabash Fire Chief Jerry Prince said this was the fifth time Gore has lost a mobile home to fire. ? w ? ? k /V\HNI/V\U/V\ rAT W U ULU bt a> i Auy^ Proposed Schools Budget To Include New Teacher Assistant Salary Plan BY SlISAN USIIER A proposed 1994-95 budget lor the Brunswick County Schools will include* a new pay scale designed to eliminate wage inconsistencies for the Brunswick County Schools' 152 teacher assistants. After some confusion over their intent, school board members agreed Monday night to forward the plan on to the budget committee, specify ing it intends a new wage scale for teacher assistants to become part of its proposed budget. The proposed scale would give consideration to an assistant's expe rience and education, while starting beginning assistants at the same pay grade as a beginning clerical em ployees. A new pay scale for clerical employees adopted by the school board last spring puts clerical wages generally higher than those of teach ers assistants. The proposed scale would raise the minimum salary for an assistant from $l,12(>.59 to $1,209.21 per month, or SI2,092 for a 10-month work year. " This proposed salary scheduled addresses all of our concerns. It pro vides a fair and equitable salary to all teacher assistants." said Lynn Ellis, president of the Brunswick County Teachers Assistant Asso ciation. In 1986 the pay scale for assis tants was to have been redesigned to recognize college education, but to date that hasn't happened, said Ellis. Instead a state study indicates Brunswick County teacher assistants are underpaid in comparison with their peers statewide. While the state provided more funding in 1990 to compensate for previously "frozen" salaries, Ellis said most of the mon ey went instead to newer employees. Of the 152 teacher assistants, 119 are paid out of regular state funds. Another seven are paid from county funds, five from federal funds and 21 from special education funds. Ellis said it appeared no effort hail been made in recent years to keep salaries in line with the automatic step increases provided for in the old schedule based on experience or ed ucational) attainment. Personnel Director Ward said the state gives a minimum (SI, 120.76) and a maximum ($1,703.50) month ly wage tor teacher assistants. "Beyond that, it is up to the local system to work out its scale," he said Presently local teacher assis tants are paid anywhere from $1,126.59 a month to a high of $1,452.99, with broad discrepancies. Tables provided by Ellis show that one person with seven years of experience and a teaching certificate earns $1,135.77. as does another as sistant with one year of experience and no college education. An assis tant with 29 years of work experi ence receives $1,397.91, less than someone with 14 years of experi ence who earns $ 1,438.71 a month. Board member Polly Russ, who served on the salary study commit tee, said the panel also talked about developing a better teacher assistant job description and looking again at hiring procedures to make sure at tention is paid to verifiable experi ence, especially work with children. Voting against the plan. Bill Fairley expressed his concern to fel low board members that the school system would be going into the new budget year with no reserves to fall back on, which means more money will be needed from the county com missioners to meet a continuation budget, much less any increases. "If we're going to have to fight for the other money, we'll just have to add this to the list," said Chair man Donna Baxter. It was the second pay increase re quest heard by the board in as many meetings. On Feb. 14, the board agreed to ask for higher local pay supplements for teachers in its budget request to commissioners. Im plementing the first phase of that plan would cost the county from SI01 to S1X2 per teacher next year, depend ing on experience and education. To implement the teacher assistant pay plan next year will cost an addi tional S136,(MX) in wages and related costs. Personnel Director Ralph Ward estimated Monday night. Rose Office To Visit Long wood Congressman Charlie Rose's mo bile office will be stationed at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Longwood, Thursday, March 17, from 9 until 11 a.m. Rose's constituents is welcome to meet his staff and express any con cerns or ask questions, said Joseph Butler, chairman of the 7th Con gressional District Black Leadership Caucus. Leland Demos Sponsor Forum The Leland Democratic Precinct will sponsor a candidates' forum at the Leland Community Building Saturday, March 26, from 1-3 p.m. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited. The com munity building is behind the Leland Post Office. For more information, call Mike Holmes at (910)371-3511. ********* || ********* JS1/HR AVA S1/HFU * * * Monday and Tuesday Spring * * Quarter Painting Classes. The * * Fundamentals ot Drawing, Color * * and Composition," start at Doe * I Creek Uaiiery. 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