Great schools depend on a great staff.
Great schools benefit everyone in a community.
Mary Bell, a middle school library media specialist in Wisconsin Rapids, focused on the devastating impact of revenue controls, which would become even more harmful to classrooms, staff and communities under the governor's budget. Jeopardizing the quality of staff by prompting many excellent, experienced teachers and staff to retire early and by discouraging talented young people from entering the profession. WEAC believes that each non-fiscal policy item should be reintroduced as separate legislation where it may be given a full and fair public hearing before an appropriate standing committee of the Legislature.