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County, city deliberate on sales tax referendum SAMANTHA SHROYER/APPEN MEDIA
Teachers at schools across the state, like Vickery Creek Middle School in Cumming, are experiencing a burnout epidemic, according to findings in a statewide study. “Unfortunately, we are going to lose many of those highly-qualified educators if we do not address the issues leading to burnout in the profession,” State Superintendent Richard Woods said.
Study examines teacher burnout By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com
many of those highly-qualified educators if we do not address the issues leading to burnout in the profession,” he said. Evidence of a statewide teacher burnout epidemic first appeared in a 2015 a study from the Georgia Department of Education which found that nearly half of all new teachers hired
ATLANTA — Teachers were heading for the exits long before the COVID pandemic spurred the Great Resignation across all sectors of the workforce. And a new report provides further evidence that educators still have one eye on the exit. State and local education officials
say they are focused on slowing the continued exodus. “It has always been a top priority of my administration to support those who directly support students – Georgia’s hardworking teachers,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. Woods first ran for office in 2014 on a platform of recruiting and retaining teachers. “Unfortunately, we are going to lose
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners met with Cumming city officials July 11 to discuss the proposed countywide transportation local option sales tax referendum. Cumming City Council members Linda Ledbetter and Joey Cochran sat with City Administrator Phil Higgins in the staff section of the County Commission Chambers during the five-minute meeting. County Manager Kevin Tanner said the meeting, required by state law, will allow the county to begin the process of placing the tax referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot. He said County Attorney Ken Jarrard is working to draft an intergovernmental agreement between the county and city spelling out distribution of revenues from the tax if it is passed by voters.