That's not the issue.
You have drank the kool-aid right along with the rest of them.
One thing is for sure: I will not be sending any children I may have in my lifetime to public schools if I can help it. The irrationality with the way these people are behaving in this incident indicates my children should not be in the care of such people.
What are they being irrational about?
My school district is in wonderful financial shape because of the superintendent and also because we have sacrificed in previous contracts.
what we are asking for with our current contract will not even dip into the reserves that our district has, so why won't they settle.
If you were working for a company that made a profit last year, wouldn't you expect a raise? You helped that company make a profit, is it wrong for you to want to share in that?