The Missouri General Assembly honored her for this achievement on February 13th. Senator Gross introduced Ms Maxwell to the Senate, and then presented her with a resolution in her honor. Representatives Holt and Liese introduced Ms Maxwell to the House. She was presented with a resolution, and invited by Speaker Kreider to say a few words. In her statement, Valerie encouraged education funding and technology improvement, as well as challenging the legislature to do something about the state's decline to 37th in national teacher salary ranking.
Students deserve better.
Spiking is when the last three years of a teacher's salary are raised for the purpose of giving the individual's retirement a boost. The MNEA has concerns about lowering this cap. We believe this is too restrictive. Teachers should not be penalized for working hard in the last years of their career. Also, in some districts, good bargaining has cut steps off the salary schedule.