[;)] Again, Mima is right on the $$$! Hopefully, things will change even more now that some of the central office thugs are gone. There must be a sigh of relief from teachers, administrators and central office secretaries knowing that the new Board is cleaning house. But what about Bates? Her intimidating actions against staff members caused a lot of taxpayers money to be squandered in the courts. Can someone audit her actions and come up with a figure? How about her involvement in keep reading facilitators home a few summers ago? Yes, in violation of the existing contract, five facilitators were told that they weren't needed for the summer and would not be paid. As a result of more expensive court costs, these five facilitators stayed home and were eventually PAID IN FULL! Imagine that? They received 20% of their annual salaries for being told to stay home and not work! Want more? When the facilitators returned to work in September of that year, they had to clean-up the mess caused by central office errors! Regretfully, the reading program did not start until October.
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