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CPS strike updates: 'What am I supposed to do with my kid?'
Chicago Tribune ^ | September 10, 2012 | staff reporters

Posted on 09/10/2012 9:43:33 AM PDT by yoe

Negotiators for the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are back at the bargaining table this morning.

The talks began around 10 a.m.

10:30 a.m. Some students balk at crossing pickets

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicago; democrats; democratutopia; publiceducation
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If all cities across the nation could hire good teachers and fire bad ones, most citizens would be in favor of raising the teacher pay....as it is pay raises or more money for education never reaches the students. Most K - third grade teachers use their own meager salaries to get the supplies they need to their class rooms. If these teachers would speak up as a group, not as a union, America would come to their aid. But speaking as a union will not help.

The father who can afford to stay home with his boys should begin homeschooling them, to heck with the school system it is for the Teachers Unions anyway, not for the betterment of teaching skill or aptitude of the student.

1 posted on 09/10/2012 9:43:37 AM PDT by yoe
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Those teachers make more money than most of the people who are paying them.


2 posted on 09/10/2012 9:46:11 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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Oh Please....The average salary is $71,000(That's $50.00 per hour...and that's for 180 days....PLUS BENEFITS.

Meager salaries went out the window 40 years ago.

3 posted on 09/10/2012 9:47:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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The father who can afford to stay home with his boys should begin homeschooling them...

Sending children to the gov't school system should be a desparate last resort. All other possibilities should be completely exhausted first.
4 posted on 09/10/2012 9:48:41 AM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/June-2011/Chicago-Teacher-Salaries-The-Long-View/


5 posted on 09/10/2012 9:49:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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IS it all theater so that O can come into his beloved Chicago a set things aright?


6 posted on 09/10/2012 9:50:46 AM PDT by all the best (`~!)
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'What am I supposed to do with my kid?'

Congrats, Chicago.
Ye reap what ye sow.

For you, I have no sympathy.

7 posted on 09/10/2012 9:50:53 AM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party of No! Nobama, No Way, No How!)
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To: all the best

Yes, Rahmbo and Obamugabe want to manufacture a crisis and have an October surprise to quell the violence.

The rejected a 16% pay raise.

F the Unions.


8 posted on 09/10/2012 9:55:47 AM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers.....)
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Offer the teachers an immediate 20% pay hike if they get rid of the union.


9 posted on 09/10/2012 9:58:32 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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Wealth Redistribution - It's fo' da chi'rens.


10 posted on 09/10/2012 10:01:00 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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"What am I supposed to do with my kid?"

Take him out to watch what happens to a city that is completely dominated by public union supporting Democrats. These parents will bitch and moan about this but will then show up in November and vote for the Dems that set up the system that allows this to happen.

11 posted on 09/10/2012 10:01:33 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Who gonna feed da chi’rens now ?


12 posted on 09/10/2012 10:06:52 AM PDT by Einherjar ( Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers...Just a come-on from the)
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ha


13 posted on 09/10/2012 10:07:07 AM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
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My grandson in Corvalls, OR started kindergarten today. HALF the day Spanish ONLY is spoken! This is outrageous. He should be learning math and reading and half of his time is wasted. I’m going there to visit next week and will be going to his class to observe.


14 posted on 09/10/2012 10:09:53 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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We keep moving further and further out of the reach of the liberal rot that has infected Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the inner ring suburbs.

We bought our house not based on the house, but where it was first. One of the best school districts in the state, I even sat in on several classes my kids would be in. I arrived unexpected so they did not have time to change things to look good for me.

The fact that the house was almost completely updated last year and on a lake is just icing on the cake.

I just drove it this morning. 60 minutes to downtown Minneapolis. Gas just hit 3.89 a gallon. It’s worth it to have my kids in a good school although I am considering a smaller van for a few extra MPG.

My suggestion to those in Chicago.. GTFO!


15 posted on 09/10/2012 10:12:51 AM PDT by cableguymn
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Who gonna feed da chi’rens now ?

Actually, I heard that schools would be opened for at least breakfast and lunch. Not kidding either.
16 posted on 09/10/2012 10:13:49 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: All

HEADLINE !

Heartless Chicago Teachers Union does not care if chi’rens
Go without free school lunch .


17 posted on 09/10/2012 10:14:04 AM PDT by Einherjar ( Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers...Just a come-on from the)
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IS it all theater so that O can come into his beloved Chicago a set things aright?

That's Rush Limbaugh theory, he thinks that Rahm got together with the heads of the teachers unions and cooked this thing up. The strike will go on for a week or so with no resolution, then Obama will swoop in and resolve it in a day with both sides praising his "leadership". Then we will be treated to pictures of smiling teachers and little kids headed back to school all singing the praises of Obama.

18 posted on 09/10/2012 10:14:11 AM PDT by apillar
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Who gonna feed da chi’rens now ?


Don’t worry. I heard on the news the schools are open for breakfast and lunch.

(no.. really that is exactly what I heard!)


19 posted on 09/10/2012 10:14:11 AM PDT by cableguymn
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(no.. really that is exactly what I heard!)

lol...see post 16. It appears You and I heard the same thing and had the exact same reaction.
20 posted on 09/10/2012 10:18:29 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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