Strike notice at Crestwood (teachers that threatened resignation "en masse")

Times Leader ^ | 9/16/2005 | BONNIE ADAMS

[Born Conservative]

This is the district where the teachers' union sent the district a letter that if they did not have a new contract, they would be unwilling to work.

District: Teachers resign en masse

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[Born Conservative]

[TheBigB]

Easy way to solve this...

[Born Conservative]

Greedy PSEA ping

[clee1]

Cool!

Let 'em all quit. I predict a flourishing market for private schools/homeschooling in that district.

[Piquaboy]

Do you mean that memebers of the teachers union actually did work?

[concerned about politics]

Support school choice candidates. Get rid of the socialist indoctrination centers, educate the kids for real, and save millions each year. It's a win/win situation.

[highlymotivated]

Dear Teachers,

Take a nice long sabbatical...you won't be missed.

PTA,

Hire NON-union teachers who WANT TO TEACH. Problem solved.

[Bigh4u2]

Doesn't Federal law prohibit teacher's from going on strike?

If so, then I say, throw all the Union leaders in jail!

And THEN fire the teachers!

[AD from SpringBay]

Supply and demand? Hire non-union teachers?

[moog]

Get rid of the socialist indoctrination centers

Where can I find the nearest one? I haven't seen one.

[moog]

I thought this was an old story.

[Sloth]

Crestwood teachers filed a strike notice Thursday night and said the district offered them a “trash” proposal that insists they pay a portion of health-care premiums.

Why, the NERVE of those people!

[moog]

Why, the NERVE of those people!

They are ignorant of the trend that teachers are paying for their medical premiums. My brother quit teaching after a year (he became one on a special program--he had been a geologist before) because of the high cost of insurance for pretty bad benefits. He got better working elsewhere. The trend soon will be just having the insurance cover JUST the individual person and not anyone else--so I've been told anyways.

[rollo tomasi]

"Do you mean that memebers of the teachers union actually did work?"

Here in Florida I send my 6 year old to an "A+" rated school.

Having to spend two hours of homework (First Grade!) at night has me realizing the only reason it is an "A" rated school is due to the fact parents take time enough to work with their kids.

Between Spanish classes, computer classes, "social studies" etc... (For first graders!?) there is no time to teach the basics.

Oh, I forgot, it's the parents job to have the ability to describe what a silent "e" is. Logically I can describe the silent "e", unfortunately I cannot do it at the level a 6 year old can understand (Unlike a trained first grade teacher is suppose to do).

By the way it's just not my teacher. Other parents have this same problem.

[moog]

Between Spanish classes, computer classes, "social studies" etc... (For first graders!?) there is no time to teach the basics.

Where I teach, not having extra things like those are used against the neighborhood schools. It's darned if you do and darned if you don't.

[harbinger of doom]

Typically in the private schools, teachers pay a small portion or none at all, but to add anyone is usually going to cost 300+.

[CPOSharky]

Dear Bonnie Adams,

...in the three-year contract dispute

Was it a three year contract or a three year dispute?

PS, Where did you go to school?

[moog]

Typically in the private schools, teachers pay a small portion or none at all, but to add anyone is usually going to cost 300+.

My premiums have increased every year for the last several years (as have everyone's), but it is still quite reasonable. However, for those with kids, it is quite expensive. In the rare years that we get a raise, it goes towards medical premiums. I'm not complaining though, just stating stuff.

[moog]

This is a dumb thing to strike over though. I won't ever go on strike, that's for sure (we never really have here anyways).