Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 27, 1992 TAG: 9203270388
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Neal Thompson
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
It came in the form of a terse exchange between Roanoke County Education Association President Kitty Boitnott and board member Paul Black.
Boitnott told board members that teachers have been spending too many hours after school attending meetings, "in spite of the fact that their salaries were frozen" this past year.
Boitnott presented results of a teachers survey that showed teachers working beyond the boundaries of their contracts. And she suggested that the number of required meetings for teachers - PTA meetings, faculty meetings, department meetings - be kept to a minimum.
Black said he resented the teachers' representative "crying to us" when the board had worked hard to give teachers a raise.
"I resent you coming up here. . . . We're doing everything we can," he said. "You make more in one day than we do in a month."
Boitnott said they weren't complaining, but merely showing the board the results of the survey. "We do appreciate everything you do, but we also want to be appreciated for everything we do," Boitnott told Black.
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