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.
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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.
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What will Brunswick Community College be in open the Saturday morning session at X a.m. He is ex
20037 pected to discuss trends affecting the community college
That's |ust one of the topics on the agenda of a system and the roles and responsibilities of trustees.
weekend retreat for BCC trustees that begins Friday . .. i ? ? _ .. i i .
... !->?>,> .. , - I rustees will near and discuss reports on desktop
evening and continues until around 2:30 p.m. Saturday ...... * .
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at The Winds Clarion Resort at Ocean Isle Beach. . , ? . i
... . . . tions relating to those programs; diversity; planning anil
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. . j. . , , budgeting; and a new vision statement lor B( (
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sion Friday night at Tavern-on-the-Tee at Sunset Beach. After lunch, starting .it 12:30 p.m.. the trustees will
Back at The Winds, a brainstorming session on the col- hold their regular March business meeting, rescheduled
lege's future begins at 9:30 p.m. from Wednesday.
Department of Community Colleges President All sessions are open to the public, though seating
Robert W. Scott, who has announced plans to retire, will may be limited.
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Economic Growth is what Southeastern North Carolina needs.
As Senator for this District with first hand knowledge of business and
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Call 842-8813 or 457-9080
Thank you for your vote and support on Tuesday, May 3,1994.
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