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News Town mulls ordinance changes09/02/10 - 6:55 am
The South Boston Current Issues Committee on Monday afternoon discussed changes to two sections of the Town Code. The first change, to the Town’s Air Pollution Control Ordinance, deals with…
South Boston police chief details numbers of arrests09/02/10 - 6:55 am
Officers with the South Boston Police Department arrested 570 people on various charges during 2009, with the largest number of suspects — 87 — charged with drunkenness. The next largest…
SHOW TIME09/02/10 - 6:50 am
As his former coach, Frosty Owens accurately calls former Comet pitching standout Jeremy Jeffress “the first to the Big Show.”
Sports Comet volleyball beginning to click09/05/10 - 11:40 am
The Halifax County High School varsity volleyball team is starting to click.
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Opinion Put the children first
SoVaNow.com / March 12, 2010
Dear Viewpoint,Folks in Halifax County need to stand up for the children … No more good old boys clubs or politics garbage … put kids first. Our children may face classrooms with 35 students in them. How can teachers meet the individual needs of each child with an overloaded classroom and no money for instructional supplies? Everyone needs to speak up…call your school board members and let them know that we want our kids education to be a top priority. Call your board of supervisors and let them know that our kids deserve better. Do the folks at the top even know what goes on inside our schools each day? All central office employees can be replaced … most of them can retire…and their replacements will do the job for a lot less. Yes, everyone can be replaced … but let us not lose the young, energetic, talented teachers we have now to a reduction in force policy. We owe our children the best we can offer…their futures are at stake…we can’t let them down. Do the folks in Halifax County know what the top central office employees make each year in this poor rural county? Superintendent makes $157,967.00; Deputy Superintendent makes $119,000.00; Assistant Superintendent of Instruction makes $98,937.00; Chief Financial Officer makes $98,937.00; Ex.Director of Federal Programs $84,826.00; Director of Academies makes $74,500.00; Director of Special Education makes $79,536.00; Director of Transportation makes $790,286.00; Director of technology makes $75,500.00; Supervisor of food services makes $76,481.00. Does that really equal $941,267.00? Now that’s only the salary…that doesn’t include perks … How many teaching positions would that save? Call your board members…have a voice …s ave the future of our kids. Jim Barczak |
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