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She couldn’t resist shooting her mouth off. Good, maybe the local press will pick it up.
We were pretty angry and there were rumors that it might extend to two days. If it had, we might have said something.
However, it is best to keep quiet since some of my son's teachers probably participated. We just want to get my son through school ASAP.
We need a lot more “hostile” school boards. Too many just rubber-stamp union demands.
What makes this problematic for the NEA is the fact that this same rebuilding of the schools is going on just south of the district.
Douglas County CO has elected conservatives to the school board, the teachers tossed out the union, the Board instituted a performance based teacher salary system which has, through voluntary transfers and quits, eliminated all but ONE ineffective teacher.
The only teachers to quit, and leave, were those the new conservative school board was happy to see go. There is a waiting list for teachers who want in.
Obviously, that list won’t include any of the striking teachers from Jefferson County.
Strong-arm tactics?
The students were mislead about what they were protesting about. The teacher’s unions use the students like that all the time.