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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Quick, Somebody Lend the Seminole County School Board a Calculator! « Tangerine, Florida

Quick, Somebody Lend the Seminole County School Board a Calculator! « Tangerine, Florida:


Quick, Somebody Lend the Seminole County School Board a Calculator!

In an unsettling display of ignorance of basic math, the Seminole County School Board publically struggled to perform basic calculations during the impasse hearing for employee pay. Adding to the antics, the board “found” 2 million dollars to be applied to a one-time employee bonus.
According to WFTV News:
Teachers in Seminole County found out Tuesday they will not get a raise.
They have been fighting for a raise since School Board members accepted raises for themselves months ago after the state recommended it.
Teachers were asking for a 3% raise, but the Board said the system could not afford it, but instead