Posted on 06/17/2005 4:45:43 AM PDT by Born Conservative
Not to mention they will be hard pressed to fill them with all non union teachers.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Wilkes Barre isn't that far from here. I CANNOT find a Social Studies / History gig anywhere around here.
Might as well sign up for a hell of a commute!
You know, I had this happen in a SimCity 4 game.
This seems pretty clear to me. If the school board has no intention of giving in to union demands then they should be getting ready to replace the 160 teachers who have allowed the union to use them as pawns in their extortion/control racket!
Shades of the UAW...
Bust the union ping...
They could pay parents to homeschool their children and supply the materials or give them vouchers for private schools for less money than they are spending now. It is unreasonable for teachers not to pay in to their insurance plan when teachers everywhere else have had to do this for years. Ask GM what happens when you keep paying the whole freight on health insurance, and GM has much more money than a school district has.
That won't be a problem replacing all those teachers and they will work for far less money and benefits than the current crop. These increases are out of hand and more districts should fire all the teachers and hire a new batch.
If the Board does start hiring new teachers,
no one should be surprised to find how many
of the "resigning" teachers will be first in
line to apply! Happens all the time in
Education contracts.
You would have to drag me kicking and screaming to get me to quit teaching. If one can quit that easily over a minor issue, then one doesn't deserve to teach. They would be striking every day in my area because there's a lot of things here that we (teachers) don't have that many areas do, but we still keep plugging along and doing the best we can in spite of it.
As much as I dislike the education liberals' negative campaigns against education and blaming teachers for all the problems of society, I don't like teachers doing the same kinds of things, thus providing fodder for the ed libs' propaganda.
These teachers should focus on the positive as we all should.
They wont have to replace 160, I'll bet after they find replacements for a few of them, a bunch will be snifflin for their cushy jobs back!
The biggest negotiation issue between the union and school district is health care. The school district wants teachers to contribute to health-care premiums, but the teachers are opposed.
That's it???????!!!! Nowadays, we teachers have to accept that we will pay a little for medical at least. My brother quit teaching after one year because he had to pay a lot for not-so-good benefits. I am thankful just to have them, even though I've only used them on very rare occasions.
You would have to drag me kicking and screaming to get me to quit teaching. If one can quit that easily over a minor issue, then one doesn't deserve to teach. They would be striking every day in my area because there's a lot of things here that we (teachers) don't have that many areas do, but we still keep plugging along and doing the best we can in spite of it.
As much as I dislike the education liberals' negative campaigns against education and blaming teachers for all the problems of society, I don't like teachers doing the same kinds of things, thus providing fodder for the ed libs' propaganda.
These teachers should focus on the positive as we all should.
I could do it. These people are not as "special" as they believe themselves to be and there a lot of unemployed, degreed professionals who could be certified and in place with any truly serious attempt.
Don't kid yourself.
Love it! I have worked years at a time without a raise in the private sector in the past. Truth is they knew what they were making when they accepted the job.
In some places they are, in some places not. I haven't had a raise for quite a while, and I actually make LESS now than before.
Our school district publishes the salaries of all the teachers, just the base salary, not including benefits. You are hard pressed to find someone not making at least 70K for working 180 days a year. And that 180 is not all it's cracked up to be too, during the winter,t hey can show up for 2 hours and go home because of "the weather" and that will count as a full day.
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