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Jan Wesner Childs

Melbourne Beachsider

School Board to bless teacher pay-raise plan

The Brevard County School Board was set to vote this week to finalize a deal to boost teacher ...

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Schools impose pact rejected by teachers union

The fight over teacher pay for the 2018-2019 school year is officially over. The Brevard School Board has ...

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‘Stuff the bus’! Mall helps steer needed supplies to Brevard schools

Too early to think about back-to-school supplies? Not for the staff at Melbourne Square Mall, who kick off ...

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Board OK’s $1,100 pay raise but teachers far from satisfied

The Brevard County School Board voted 4-1 Monday to approve a teacher raise of up to $1,100 retroactive ...

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Teachers fuming as recommended pay hike rejected

Heartbreaking. Embarrassing. Despicable. Those are just some of the words from teachers, parents and local residents who lashed ...

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Magistrate sides with teachers on salary demands

After a long stalemate in negotiations, punctuated by teacher protests, a magistrate has ruled that Brevard Public Schools ...

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School’s mentor program paying quick dividends

When Hoover Middle School’s principal asked teachers last year to meet with small groups of students every week ...

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Sea Park turns 60: Elementary school is model of resiliency

In 1959, Satellite Beach wasn’t much more than a strip of sand with about 800 residents. The town, ...

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Mediator hears Brevard teacher pay dispute

The Brevard teachers union and district officials sat down with a mediator last week to try to hammer ...

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Lessons learned by school officials in wake of February security ‘scare’

School officials walked away from a February security scare at beachside schools with a renewed appreciation of the ...

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Beachside blitzed by hailstorm

With fences down and damage to vehicles, homes, roofs and pool enclosures, it might feel like hurricane season ...

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Some points OK’d, but teacher salary impasse remains

The Brevard Federation of Teachers and the school district have agreed to several contract changes for this school ...