Bus drivers plead for pay increases at Board of Education meeting

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More than 30 Coweta County school bus drivers and monitors attended Tuesday's Coweta Board of Education meeting, including representative speakers Bernadette Kipa, front center, and Tamala Callaway, sitting in second chair beside Kipa.

By REBECCA LEFTWICH
rebecca@newnan.com
Because Coweta County school bus drivers have not had raises in seven years or step increases in 12, they should actually be earning twice their current salary, according to a spokesman who represented a group of drivers at the Coweta County Board of Education's Tuesday meeting.
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