Springdale School Employees Earn Bonuses
Posted: June 15, 2011 at 5:28 a.m.
Updated: June 17, 2011 at 10:18 a.m.
Springdale school employees will each get a $1,600 bonus this month, thanks to a federal grant.
Editor's note
Classified employees in the Springdale School District will receive bonuses equal to 3.75 percent of their base pay rate. The bonus amount for classified employees was incorrect in a story in Wednesday's edition. This story was rewritten and republished online Friday.
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So, from what I understand, the millage paid for raises then? Sad that the truth wasn't told.
Posted by: shorenuff
June 15, 2011 at 8:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
efkazz...where in the article did you see that the mileage paid for the raises?
Posted by: nwlocal
June 15, 2011 at 8:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
There is no millage money available until 2012. This bonus was given from a federal stimulus package that was made available six months ago. Fayetteville and Bentonville have already given their federal stimulus money to their teachers.
Posted by: malloy1
June 15, 2011 at 9:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
efkazz--
You didn't even make it to the second sentence of the article before forming an opinion? Heck-- you didn't even read the bank (the subheadline).
Way to go.
Sad that the ignorant are so quick to prove themselves.
Posted by: AlphaCat
June 15, 2011 at 11:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Alpha_cat,
I did read the article. I just misunderstood. I thought that the statement “We needed to make sure that we had every opportunity available to have classrooms for our kids,” said Superintendent Jim Rollins. “When our millage passed in May, that freed up the release of these dollars.” meant that they used that money.
Sorry that I misjudged. I am not ignorant. I just didn't understand. I am willing to apologize when I mess up.
Sorry, ya'll:-)
Posted by: shorenuff
June 15, 2011 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
"...said Superintendent Jim Rollins. “When our millage passed in May, that freed up the release of these dollars.”
Posted by: QuestionAuthority
June 15, 2011 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
QuestionAuthority, that's how I took it. Now I am really confused!
Posted by: shorenuff
June 15, 2011 at 12:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
efkazz & QuestionAuthority--
I believe Dr. Rollins meant that with the passage of the mileage in May, the funds for bonuses that they were withholding from the employees would now be able to be used as orginally designed.
Meaning (and I can be totally wrong about this) that if the milleage hadn't passed, the funds earmarked for a bonus would had to have been used to help pay for the classrooms/buildings needed.
Posted by: nwlocal
June 15, 2011 at 12:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
efkazz--
Perhaps I should not have been so vehement in my castigation of you. However, if you look at the threads concerning the recent millage increase in Springdale, you will see why one might be ready to assume that yet another Springdale resident is not only ignorant, but will fight to stay that way.
efkazz and QA--
Regardless of any mention of the millage, the bank and the first two sentences clearly state that the raises come from federal funding. I'm waxing hypothetical here, but I suspect that Mr. Rollins' remark has something to do with the likelihood that if the millage had not passed, the district would have caused a kerfuffle by distributing the bonuses-- even though they come from funds for educational jobs-- because people would have made a big deal about how "the district was so desperate for funds that they tried to raise the millage, and now they're giving raises to those overpaid whiny teachers instead of doing something to help our children."
Again, read those threads, and see why one might come up with this scenario.
Posted by: AlphaCat
June 15, 2011 at 12:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I am one of those whiny teachers who is so excited about a $100 raise and a $1600 bonus. I, and my colleagues work very hard to educate your children. It would help if you did your part and supported his or her teachers. Every teacher knows that we cannot overcome a parent's bad attitude about education. But we will try. Think we have it easy, summer off and all? You try educating 150 students, many of whom have little support at home, cannot speak the language, or cannot feel safe or get enough food anywhere else. We care and we give it all. Every day, we are 'on' all of the time and most of us put in several hours off the clock. Not a parent? What good does it do you to have a town of undereducated citizens who have low wages and low job security? Do you like gangs? We are doing our part.
If you think the job is easy, come do it for a couple of days. The catch is you will have to want to help the kids - all of them. Really care. It's not only math, science, English, history, etc. - it's also nutrition, fear, health, poverty, hunger. Teachers gladly do this because we are professionals and we deeply care about your children.
Man up. Pay your taxes. Act like supporting your community is in your best interest too. Yeah, just like you, I don't like taxes - but I do like living as a responsible member of a community. Citizens pay to provide police, firemen, teachers, streets, etc. Do your part.
If the millage had not passed, we would still have had to find places for the kids that are coming. It would been by cutting courses, using portable buildings, scrimping on school nurses, custodians, maybe cutting out buses. The dilemma is that school systems have to serve the children of this community whether or not the citizens do their part.
Posted by: Yorel
June 17, 2011 at 12:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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