Raise pay for teachers

I find it reprehensible that the Arkansas Legislature is discussing raising the pay for the “elected public servant” instead of raising the pay for the public school teachers in this state. I noticed that in the case of the part-time legislative members we are paying them more for part-time work than starting full-time teachers.

Why do senators and representatives get pay and per diem? They work about six months out of every two years. The sessions are supposed to be for 60 and 30 days; they never finish on time. Yet teachers work at least 18 months out of every two years.

This is wrong; most legislative members hold other full-time jobs. We don’t have to do teachers last.

MIKE SCOTT

Benton