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Mike Buffington

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Tuesday, July 3. 2012

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The Barrow County Board of Education proposed 2013 budget will be put on the agenda for final passage during the board’s next meeting on July 10. Students and employees face key changes as a result of the spending resolution that impacts the academic calendar year, length of daily schedules, pay and benefits. The school calendar, which has already been approved to match the proposed budget, is 160 days, down from 180. However, instructional time will stay about the same, district officials said, because the length of school days will increase. Employees again will have six furlough days, which are unpaid days off. Additionally, the system eliminated its practice of subsidizing employees for their health insurance costs.

For the full story, see the July 4 issue of the Barrow Journal.

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#1 Bus shop "budget" needs to be looked at....... on 07/03/12 at 05:06 PM [Reply]

The BOE needs look at the budget over at the Bus shop There Is a lot of waste in the “office staff” . Too many captains and not enough people to do the real work (drive and fix buses) but what can you expect they pay the unneeded – under-qualified-overpaid office staff at the bus shop they need to take them out of the office and put them back on the BUS where they are needed it would save a lot of money! About $135,201.60 per year > KATHY BAUGHCUM TRANSPORTATION SEC/CLERK $31,482.80 (Just a Bus driver) ,CAROL D BOOZER TRANSPORTATION SEC/CLERK $33,946.22, LISA D LEIGHTON TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST(why do they need a "TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST" at the Bus shop)$44,004.33, ALICIA L LORD A BUS DRIVER being passed off as a “Routing Coordinator” $25,768.25, BRENDA D DOWDY A SPECIAL EDUCATION BUS DRIVER $33,561.01 ,KARRIE POTEETE BUS DRIVER $21,176.20. all of these “just bus drivers” that work in the office and don’t drive a bus but are listed in the budget as bus drivers will make lots more next year while everybody else are receiving pay cuts…… what’s up with that BOE????? I know you will have to dig around because they are listed as doing one job but are really doing another but if you try you can find out the truth just ask some questions BOE come on we are counting on you!

#1.1 Anonymous on 07/03/12 at 07:25 PM [Reply]

You forgot the ten laptop comp. their goin buy for the drivers and letting teachers / coachs drive buss on trips when already had drivers doing them .And what about all new cars they keep buying for them ride around in.

#2 Leave the Bus drivers alone!!!!! on 07/03/12 at 09:07 PM [Reply]

they doing the best they can!

#2.1 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 08:46 AM [Reply]

yeah sad part is that the trips the drivers did helped them pay bills and now they took thoses away from drivers and got coachs and teachers doing them. Atleast the drivers would been able make sure their bus was cleaned and tookin care of now they want give a rats so drivers spend more time havin keep their bus cleaned up. And way i see Mrs. Young should give them the older buss to uses leave the newer ones to do job was bought for and that is taking kids to and from school only.

#3 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 09:02 AM [Reply]

I agree its not fair to cut money for the bus drivers .Bus drivers always get taken from them one day Barrow County is not going to have any bus drivers if you keep taking money from them .Insurance goes up every year not worth the pay anymore .Now 6 more furlough days and taking trips from drivers .Why not cut money from higher ups because it will not hurt them they make alot of money to do nothing .Look at all the teachers we have lost Wake up people time for a change !

#4 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 09:13 AM [Reply]

I'd rather see them cut Dr. Creels pay and Dr. Darby's pay...they are the worthless ones...

#5 Curious on 07/04/12 at 11:20 AM [Reply]

Question: What if a teacher would rather pay a bus driver instead of driving themselves; is that an option?

I would think that the risk of losing their teaching license over an accident, bus damage or bad behavior of kids caught on bus camera would not be worth going on trips.

#6 teacher/coaches & bus drivers on 07/04/12 at 03:00 PM [Reply]

NO because the teacher/coaches are NOT getting paid extra to drive. Driving is now part of their job classification weather they like it or not!!!! Wait and see the repercussion of this decision...(another one for creel & YOUNG) Children hurt from bus wrecks, law suits from them being hurt, Babies being made in the back of bus, lots of damage done to the buses i.e.: wrecks, graffiti, seats tore up etc.... teachers/coaches leaving barrow for other systems that care more about the children than barrow does but who cares right BOE we have a woman in charge! This decision costs more than it’s worth just like the decision to close the ELC and move the PLC . Creel’s idea’s are nothing but money pit’s!!!!! Why do you think the bigger systems don’t do this it’s called Research and they know from past experience (knowledge - skill - familiarity - know-how) they found out it will cost you more than it’s worth!!!! Here we go again Barrow school system MOVING BACKWARDS!!!!!!!! WAY TO GO BOE …………..GOTTA LOVE BACKWARDS HILLBILLY’S

#6.1 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 05:16 PM [Reply]

Please enroll in a remedial writing course posthaste. A fundamental grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling and semantics would increase the perspicuity of your sentiments greatly. However, it would not affect your perspicacity, as you are clearly beyond help in that respect.

#7 way to go creel supporter!!!! on 07/04/12 at 05:42 PM [Reply]

you talking down about my writeing skills still does not excuse the fact that creel's idea's are a money pit!!!!! but good way to deflect the real problem !!!!! way to go creel supporter!!!!

#8 I think i'm very clear! on 07/04/12 at 09:00 PM [Reply]

I think i'm very clear!!!! If you don't understand my point her it is in a nutshell
CREEL needs to go and take her brown nosers with her if the BOE can't handle it then WE NEED TO VOTE THEM OUT!!! There clear enough for you?

#8.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 05:31 PM [Reply]

Amen if its such good idea why would other systems do it .

#8.1.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 08:39 PM [Reply]

Many do.

#9 Name one in the metro area that have coaches/teachers on 07/06/12 at 12:40 PM [Reply]

Name one in the metro area that have coaches/teachers drive trips. Yes in the backwoods rural poor counties they do is that what we have become????? we will be after the lawsuits happen from children getting hurt.

#10 Anonymous on 07/06/12 at 01:07 PM [Reply]

When do you think we haven't been rural and backwoods? Take a look around sometime.

#11 Safety First on 07/19/12 at 05:02 PM [Reply]

My concern for these coaches who will be the drivers is that many will be driving their teams after a long day of work. They will coach the game and then get back on the bus and drive home. FATIGUE is the concern. Fatigue increases the likelihood of accidents.

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