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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Savannah Chatham County Public School System announces finalists for 2026 ‘Instructional Support Person of the Year'
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Savannah Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) has announced it's finalists for the 2026 Instructional Support Person of the Year. Each year SCCPSS recognizes support staff such as nurses, paraprofessionals, custodians, cafeteria workers, counselor clerks, secretaries and school resource officers. Each school chooses a site-based representative who then competes to be named the District's Instructional Support Person of the Year. The Instructional Support Person of the Year will act as a representative for all SCCPSS instructional support personnel. Responsibilities include: Serving on the Superintendent's Professional Senate Providing updates during monthly School Board Meetings Serving on the ISPY Selection Committee Acting as an advocate for the school system The five finalists for our 2026 Instructional Support Person of the Year were surprised at their schools last week with the announcement. They are: Jabari Hymon–School Resource Officer/Windsor Forest High School Qunnie Parker–Paraprofessional/Georgetown K-8 School Monique Singleton–Administrative Secretary/Haven Elementary School Robbie Lindsey–Administrative Secretary/School of Liberal Studies at Sav. High Raessha Stanley–Social Worker/Savannah Chatham E-Learning Academy The District representative for the 2025-26 SY will be announced at the inaugural SCCPSS Excellence in Education Gala on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
SCCPSS addresses teacher shortage, nearly 150 vacancies
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) – The Savannah Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) needs more teachers with officials reporting that they have nearly 150 open positions. SCCPSS officials told WSAV the system has a little over 2,700 teacher positions, with 149 vacancies. Now, they said that retention and recruitment are at the top of their priority list. Superintendent Denise Watts held a presser on Wednesday, commenting on what the system is looking for. 'We are in the season of hiring, attracting and also retaining, as well as recognizing highly effective staff and continuing to have an effective workforce,' Watts said. It is shortage that Executive Director of Talent Service, Michel Pantin, said is leading to changes in the way some schools are teaching children. 'Sometimes we have substitutes,' she said. 'Sometimes principals are leveraging technology to teach in multiple classes. Our principals are really working around the schedule in their building to meet the needs of the students that they serve.' It is a dramatic change that Chief of Human Resources Ramon Ray said they started to notice shortly before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. 'We had our issues with colleges producing certified teachers,' Ray said. 'So then now we are trying to also fill that gap' Filling those gaps mean having a different approach. Ray and Pantin told WSAV 'retention is the new recruitment.' Listening and addressing teacher issues are just some ways they plan to keep teachers in the classroom. 'We get into teacher burnout,' Pantin said. 'Teachers have voiced many concerns about more is being put on our plate and nothing is being taken away. Our Office of School Leadership and our Office of Instructional Excellence have worked together to make sure that we're not putting more initiatives…' The biggest change the system wants to make for teachers is making sure their salaries are competitive with schools statewide. 'So, we're competitive, particularly at the lower level,' Ray said. 'We looked at some of the data, we kind of fall off on the ladder and as you get to the 15-year mark. So hopefully with the compensation study, we'll be able to, you know, have the recommendations to kind of level out things so that we're not only competitive in the beginning, but we're also competitive throughout which we are in some areas.' Ray also said they were able to hire 58 educators at Saturday's hiring fair, with over 100 in attendance. This is just another strategy they are using to bring people on board. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Savannah-Chatham County School Board votes to opt out of HB 581
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Savannah Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) has voted to opt out of House Bill (HB) 581. The bill, which has been up for debate in multiple nearby counties, allows Georgia public school systems and municipalities to consider a floating homestead exemption for property owners that would have impacts on tax revenue. The yea votes included school board members Denise Grabowski, Dionne Hoskins-Brown, Cornelia Hall, Paul Smith and Tonia Howard-Hall. The no votes included Shawn Kachmar, Roger Moss and Stephanie Campbell. David Bringman was not in attendance for the vote. The main reason for the school district's decision to opt out of HB 581, as articulated by School officials say that the 'pros for opting in are not the same in Chatham County as most other counties,' due in large part to the existing Stephens-Day Exemption. The Chatham County Board of Assessors describes Stephens-Day as 'A homestead exemption that is equal to the difference between the current year fair market value and the adjusted base year value (property's value in the year prior to the homestead application plus any improvements since the year of the application).' Stephens-Day has been in place for nearly three decades. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
