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More than 100 residents and friends joined the Lucy Dell Community during their annual outing last month. The event was held at the home of one of the residents. (Photos by Julia Jackson)
Among those who attended the outing were: Joan Dawson, Margaret Woody, Betoria Wat- son, Marjorie Mobley, and Elaine Sledge Saffold.
Lucy Dell Community Annual Outing
Governor Announces New Florida Classroom Teacher, Principal Bonus Programs
Bishop Thomas Scott and former State Rep- resentative Betty Reed attended the outing.
Thomas Reed, Anjorie Sledge and Herb Kinsey were also at the outing.
Grill duties were handled by Ronnie McCullough and Bernard Gallon.
Neighbors of Dell Dr., Elaine Saffold and Deacon John Billups.
a bonus of up to and non-Title I receive up to $3,700; 2: Title I schools will a bonus of up to and non-Title I receive up to $1,750;
3: Title I schools will a bonus of up to $1,000 and non-Title I
Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a proposal that would replace the Best and Brightest bonus program with the new Florida Classroom Teacher and Florida School Principal Bonus Programs. The pro- grams are designed to better reward teachers and princi- pals for their hard work and dedication.
Governor DeSantis
said, “This legislative session and in my forthcoming rec- ommended budget, I am pro- posing $300 million in teacher and principal bonuses that reward Florida’s educators.
“We want to make sure we are doing all that we can to recruit and retain great edu- cators throughout the state of Florida. Together, we can ad- vance this and other propos- als as we strive to make 2020 the Year of the Teacher.”
The Florida Classroom Teacher and Florida School Principal Bonus programs is an improvement over Best and Brightest in that it goes further to incentivize teach- ers and principals to remain in public education, espe- cially in schools that face greater challenges.
Prior to this announce- ment, Governor DeSantis proposed an increase to the minimum salary for class- room teachers to $47,500 which would take Florida from the 26th highest mini- mum salary to the 2nd high- est in the nation.
The Governor’s proposal
would provide bonuses to classroom teachers and school principals whose schools meet one of the fol- lowing tier structures:
Tier 1: Schools earn 85 percent or greater of the total possible points or gain 6 or more points in their A-F school grading calculation;
Tier 2: Schools gaining 3 to 5 points in their A-F school grading calculation; or
Tier 3: Schools gaining 1 to 2 points in their A-F school grading calculation.
The bonus award amounts for teachers are as follows:
Tier 1: Title I schools will
receive $7,500 schools
Tier receive $3,500
schools and
schools receive up to $500. The bonus award amounts for principals are
as follows:
Tier 1: Title I schools will
receive a bonus of up to $10,000 and non-Title I schools receive up to $5,000;
Tier 2: Title I schools will
Tier receive
receive $5,000 schools and
Tier receive $2,500
schools
a bonus of up to and non-Title I receive up to $2,500;
3: Title I schools will a bonus of up to and non-Title I
receive up to $1,250.
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