School board may acknowledge unjust firing of two Brevard civil rights martyrs Bailey Gallion, Florida Today
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Decades after their murders, two Black Mims educators and civil rights activists are on the cusp of having a historic injustice undone Tuesday when the school board considers restoring their status as Brevard County teachers.
A resolution up for discussion at Tuesday’s Brevard County School Board meeting would name Harry Moore and his wife Harriette teachers emeritus and declare that they were unjustly fired in 1946. It also provides for an elementary and secondary school curriculum in their name and an annual trip for 8th grade students to the Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, pending funding and the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions.
DeSantis said Thursday he’s proposing $550 million, an increase of $50 million from this year, in the 2021-2022 state budget “to continue raising the minimum K-12 teacher salary to the goal of getting the average minimum salary statewide to be $47,500.”
The governor said the budget also would include salary increases for “other eligible teachers and instruction personnel.”
DeSantis said his proposed budget “builds off that success” of increasing teacher minimum salaries. But teacher advocates expressed concern that, like last year, his proposal largely might abandon the most experienced teachers.
“We think it is great that he is putting priority toward educators’ salaries,” said Vanessa Skipper, vice president of the Brevard Federation of Teachers. “But we hope that the money will be more balanced and that veteran teachers will see an increase to their pay as well.”
Brevard teachers, substitutes over 65 will get vaccine this weekend, BPS says
Vaccinations are by appointment only
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Public Schools announced Friday it has partnered with the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to teachers, substitutes and other district employees over 65 years old.
“We wish all teachers can get it right now, but this is a great start,” said Kyle Savage of the Brevard Federation of Teachers.
Savage added that it’s great news knowing that was made possible at an event solely for senior teachers and staff from Brevard County schools on Saturday morning.
Seminole County teacher uses current events to continue Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
Winter Springs HS teacher: Educators should teach students how to bring community together
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – For students of Joe Cummiskey’s history class, learning about the contributions Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made means also learning how students can impact society in a positive way.
“The concern is the world we live in. How do we justify burning a city? How do we justify innocent police officers being executed? How do we justify that people wake up in the morning and feel they’re gonna be judged differently because of the color of their skin?” asked Cummiskey, a history teacher at Winter Springs High School who focuses on politics, government and U.S. history.
CDC group recommends teachers be given priority in vaccine distribution
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The advisory committee is putting teachers in the frontline essential workers category.
Wendy Doromal with the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association in Florida said there is growing concern from teachers who are hoping their turn to get the COVID-19 vaccine will come soon.
She shared this link on the union s Facebook page, which leads to The Florida Education Association s website.
On the website for the association that represents teachers statewide, a message reads: “the CDC recommends that educators–teachers and staff alike–should have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible.”