Posted on 05/07/2005 1:48:41 PM PDT by Tribune7
It is getting comical when our government union workers go on strike lately. It reminds me of the NHL players on strike.
WE WANT A LIVING WAGE!
Yup
If what happened to the NHL, happens to our public schools we will all be better off.
Nope.
You still pay the outlandish taxes, have to meet the Boards outlandish requirements, and pay the extra charges for supplies and documentation to meet those requirements.
But it's still a better option for your kids than the damnable governmental indoctrination centers.
What was your point?
Note I said that they WENT UP $300 A MONTH.
MFG, I need to sell this dump and move to Alabama.
The point is things can be done about it in Pa. They probably won't but they can be.
I can't address Virginia's situation.
Good point. OTOH, the more kids out of the clutches of the public schools, the less power the unions have to blackmail a community.
Basically, you can't fight the teachers' unions. Several suburbs in the Pittsburgh area have tried over the past twenty years, and all they did was get a bad reputation of always having teacher strikes. And after the strike is over, the teachers always win. Always. And the anti-tax organizations that popped up to fight them, just wither away. The school boards cave in every time.
Creating the Ultimate Magnet School
Plyler v. Doe: The Root of All Evil.
If there was ever a single event that has contributed to the explosion of illegal immigration in our country it was the 1982 Supreme court decision that made it mandatory for every state in the union to educate every single child of criminally illegal immigrants no matter the cost, conditions of their entry, justification or the resources necessary to accomplish this indignation by judicial fiat.
In September 1977 a class action suit was filed on behalf of school-aged children of illegal Mexican immigrants who were residing in Smith County, Texas. See Plyler v. Doe,457 U.S. 202, 206 (1982) The action complained of the “exclusion” of the plaintiff children from the public schools of the Tyler Independent School District. 457 U.S. at 206.[1] Here's the upshot: The reason that these children were "excluded" is because they were in this country illegally. It was a no-brainer. The supposedly sovereign State of Texas was no longer going to foot the bill for these ultimate “magnet" school; free public education for illegal aliens. So the Texas legislature, on behalf of the People of the state of Texas, passed a law saying just that. And the Supreme court reversed it.
It's the same in the Philly burbs, but that's because of state law.
In 1970, teachers were given "the right to strike" this mean you couldn't fire them when they went on strike, which meant they got everything they wanted. The "right" was limited about 20 years later (1992?) and strikes were limited to about 10 days. BUT, teachers were still allowed to "work to rule" without getting fired i.e work to the letter of their contract.
The solution is to give school board's the power to replace teachers once a contract ends.
But that requires Harrisburg to act.
It's the same in the Philly burbs, but that's because of state law.
In 1970, teachers were given "the right to strike" this mean you couldn't fire them when they went on strike, which meant they got everything they wanted. The "right" was limited about 20 years later (1992?) and strikes were limited to about 10 days. BUT, teachers were still allowed to "work to rule" without getting fired i.e work to the letter of their contract.
The solution is to give school board's the power to replace teachers once a contract ends.
But that requires Harrisburg to act.
I repeat, the teachers will win every time.
Not if they change the law, and if they don't, well Pennsylvania is a stagnant state and the lousy reputation of its schools is a reason.
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