rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/fund-the-wages-and-staffing-our-schools-deserve-2?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-fund-the-wages-and-staffing-our-schools-deserve-2' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County https://actionnetwork.org/groups/teachers-association-of-anne-arundel-county https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/440/229/normal/open-uri20260316-2324706-p19kv4 With the rising costs of groceries, healthcare, housing, and gas, educators are struggling to ensure their families are able to keep up, let alone provide the supplies their students need that often come from their own pockets. A 3% COLA proposed by the Anne Arundel County Board of Education barely keeps up. County Executive Pittman is writing the county budget right now and must include the wages our educators deserve, so our students can keep the staff they deserve. Higher pay will recruit more educators to the county, who will help fill the 82.2 special education positions being requested this year. Write a letter to demand County Executive Pittman fully fund the AACPS budget, prioritizing wages and staffing. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-the-wages-and-staffing-our-schools-deserve-2