School Systems Save Teacher Jobs
No full-time teachers will lose their jobs next year in the Cartersville and Bartow County school systems.
No certified teachers in either local school system will lose their jobs for the upcoming school year due to attrition. The Bartow County Board of Education approved a slate of personnel recommendations on Monday night, and Superintendent John Harper said that 100 percent of the school system’s certified teachers who were expected to lose their jobs because of a reduction in force due to budget cuts have been placed for the 2012-2013 school year. “One hundred percent of the teachers that were (part of the reduction in force) that wanted to continue to work in the Bartow County School System, in other words those who aren’t retiring or who don’t want to stay home, will have a position with us next year,” Harper said. In addition, four …
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Kimberly
9:23 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Too bad the RIF'ed employees 2 years ago weren't treated the same. There were openings at other schools for the same position yet they were filled with people from out of our area or out of state. We were laid off and most of us still haven't found teaching jobs in our areas of certification. We were promised that Bartow would "take care of" us. So much for respect for veteran teachers. more ›