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Gov. Roy Cooper took notice of teacher pay discrepancy in his fiscal years 2021-23 budget recommendations. Cooper proposes the state appropriate $268.9 million in fiscal year 2022 and $439.3 million in fiscal year 2023 in teacher pay “to decrease pay disparity between educators and similarly credentialed and experienced professionals in other fields,” his recommendation states. “This budget also works to make good on our state’s Constitutional duty to make sure every child has access to a sound basic education,” Cooper said in a press release. “We know how to do that: Attract and keep good teachers with competitive pay and recruit young people to make teaching a career.” ....
But ACS didn t tell teachers about the switch from a holiday to a work day until May 12, just two and a half weeks before Memorial Day. “Dr. Dickerson informed employees about our school calendar issue once it was brought to his attention by our legal counsel,” ACS spokeswoman Ashley-Michelle Thublin said. Mark Dickerson is the ACS assistant superintendent of administration The calendar issue Thublin is referring to was a miscalculation of holidays that Dickerson informed staff about via email May 12. Per state law, the only holiday school districts are required to give their teachers and staff off is Veterans Day. Further, public school employees cannot have more holidays than state employees. This year, that was 12 days. The ACS 2020-21 calendar, released last school year, included 13 holidays for staff and students. ....