Cynthia Frye
304:20 - 304:50
“In order to attract and retain highly qualified special education teachers and support staff, we must increase the salaries and reinstate a defined benefit retirement system.”
- Speaker
- Cynthia Frye
- Timestamp
- 304:20 – 304:50
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
Please continue to address this in your recommendations. We need to offer competitive compensation to keep our staff in Alaska. In order to attract and retain highly qualified special education teachers and support staff, we must increase the salaries and reinstate a defined benefit retirement system. Right now we are directly competing with our neighbor Washington State where the cost of living is lower and salaries and retirement benefits are much more competitive. We're losing a great deal of special education teachers simply because of our comp— our compensation isn't competitive.
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