(retired teacher opinion)
I agree, totally. This kind of nonsense is, strangely, traumatic to many students who spent all year bonding with there teachers. To end the year with the concern being shifted from the students to the teachers is insensitive.
If they wanted to do something dramatic, they should've waited to the summer, and not threatened to resign, but resign.
Otherwise, it's just a power play for more money, more goodies, and less work.
The teachers DID NOT threaten to resign . They said there would be a work stoppage . The board interpreted it as a mass resignation . This however, was an error in the interpretation by the board's solicitor . The board backed down because they would technically lose in this matter. You have to read the previous articles to get the angle on the story .