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Togiola apologizes to summer reading teachers
for late paychecks
Governor Togiola Tulafono took it upon himself to look into complaints lodged last month by a local teacher who worked for the summer Reading Well program and claimed that compensation was still not received for services rendered.
According to the Governor, after looking into the matter, he discovered that the complaint was indeed a fact.
During his weekend radio talk show program, Togiola said that this wasn’t an isolated case, as over 100 teachers had not been paid. However, the delay was not because of funding issues but instead, because the Department of Education was not on top of their game as far as properly processing paperwork to authorize the payments.
After offering his apologies on the air to the teachers who were affected by the delay and thanking them for their patience, the Governor assured the teachers that they should be receiving their paychecks later this week.
“It is sad that it took intervention by the Governor to ensure that we get paid,” said one of the school teachers who wanted to extend her gratitude to Togiola for his efforts. “It’s nice to know that the head of our government thought we were important enough for him to step in and take action. We worked throughout the summer and never got paid for it but now thanks to the Governor, we look forward to receiving our money just in time for the holidays.”
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