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Maury County Public Schools has struggled to pay its educators on time during the district’s summer school program, causing some local educators to delay activities such as summer vacations and car repairs.
MCPS leaders confirmed that it was late in distributing payments to teachers during the first of two planned pay periods of its summer program, which is aimed at combatting student learning loss in alignment with the state initiative.
The situation was described as a result of an internal miscommunication that delayed the pay of educators.
“The instruction department did not include our office on the correspondence regarding their deadline for the stipend payments,” said Doug Lukonen, Maury County’s Director of Finance.
Paychecks delayed for staff of Maury County Schools Summer learning program
It was money earmarked for teachers helping kids battle learning loss this Summer after months of virtual learning, but some Maury County School teachers still havenât been paid for their work helping students during a summer enrichment program.
and last updated 2021-07-08 23:50:23-04
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WTVF) â It was money earmarked for teachers helping kids battle learning loss this Summer after months of virtual learning, but some Maury County School teachers still havenât been paid for their work helping students during a summer enrichment program.
Maury County schools says theyâve been dealing with a problem getting all their staff in the summer enrichment program paid at the same time. The school system says everyone should be caught up with pay by Friday, but the Maury County Education Association says they are concerned about what the payment delay could mean for paychecks down
The Maury County Commission has given its approval to implement a new system to more accurately manage time off for local public school teachers and staff.
During school board budget meetings last week, MCEA representatives highlighted the desire for teacher raises, which have not been given by the board since 2017.
MCEA representatives told the school board that a raise for teachers is much needed, especially following a tough year amid COVID-19. In contrast, the Maury County Commission is proposing a 5% raise for all county employees.
During the budget meeting last week, MCEA president Stephanie Sparks-Newland read the children s story, “Swimmy,” by Leo Lionni to the board, emphasizing the need for teacher raises in a tough environment amid COVID-19.
Fellow teachers attended the meeting, reciting in unison the book s catch phrase, just keep swimming, illustrating the idea that teachers must keep going despite no increase in compensation.