Comments on: Stop School Teacher Layoffs http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/ Learn How To Retire Early Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob the teacher http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3730 Bob the teacher Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:46:52 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3730 I have a problem with teachers and their seniority. When it comes to layoffs these 20 years and plus teachers, do not want to retire and could care less about the teachers with 12 years or more. More years give these self edifing histrionic personality a higher percentage times years worked. As far as the union that you have to take once hired, (you have no say), they will still take out dues out of your pay check to belong to it or not. My union leader(30 years and disabled) told laid off experienced teachers "he is only a messenger between teachers and administration". Why do we pay dues for a middleman? I thought our Union was to help us? It seems that the teachers union is a joke that works with administration and will not stand up for your rights. Given a challenge from administration. Our union is throwing us under the bus, they can not figure a way to keep (ESL AND NCLB QUALIFIED) Teachers. They have become an extention of the administration and lost the purpose of an union. I have a problem with teachers and their seniority. When it comes to layoffs these 20 years and plus teachers, do not want to retire and could care less about the teachers with 12 years or more. More years give these self edifing histrionic personality a higher percentage times years worked. As far as the union that you have to take once hired, (you have no say), they will still take out dues out of your pay check to belong to it or not. My union leader(30 years and disabled) told laid off experienced teachers “he is only a messenger between teachers and administration”. Why do we pay dues for a middleman? I thought our Union was to help us? It seems that the teachers union is a joke that works with administration and will not stand up for your rights. Given a challenge from administration. Our union is throwing us under the bus, they can not figure a way to keep (ESL AND NCLB QUALIFIED) Teachers. They have become an extention of the administration and lost the purpose of an union.

]]> By: admin http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3468 admin Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:56:17 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3468 I went to both public and private schools, I went to a public university, and my children go to public schools. Destroy public schools and universities and you destroy the American middle class. If you are not in the top 2% of wealthy elite Americans, you should be protecting public education, not participating in it's and your self destruction. Per your other comment about moderation. I moderate comments to keep out spam = not thoughts or opinions. If I do not moderate comments, this site will quickly become filled with advertisements and links to all sorts of scams. I went to both public and private schools, I went to a public university, and my children go to public schools. Destroy public schools and universities and you destroy the American middle class. If you are not in the top 2% of wealthy elite Americans, you should be protecting public education, not participating in it’s and your self destruction.

Per your other comment about moderation. I moderate comments to keep out spam = not thoughts or opinions. If I do not moderate comments, this site will quickly become filled with advertisements and links to all sorts of scams.

]]> By: tomas alla http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3465 tomas alla Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:50:52 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3465 By chance, did you possibly get a public education? By chance, did you possibly get a public education?

]]> By: Rosalie Orta-Seymour http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3452 Rosalie Orta-Seymour Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:43:20 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/school-teacher-layoffs/#comment-3452 I am a single parent with with two children in public school I have a child whom because of the class rooms being so big has problems learning. He fell threw the cracks of the school system till I started to find help for him. Now the schools are being told there going to be layoffs for teachers because of the budget in the United States. Albany should just leave the school system alone. What They should do is get rid of the Rubber room and when a get rid of those teachers you have in the rubber room. Since they are the ones not doing anything in the school system. The other thing albany should do is to reevaluate the teachers and all the ones that know what they are doing and show they love to teach should be kept. But layoffs is not the answer. These children are our future and if they don't get the right education there will be no good future for our children's children. So, with this in mind I believe that laying teachers off is not the answer to save the future. I am a single parent with with two children in public school I have a child whom because of the class rooms being so big has problems learning. He fell threw the cracks of the school system till I started to find help for him. Now the schools are being told there going to be layoffs for teachers because of the budget in the United States. Albany should just leave the school system alone. What They should do is get rid of the Rubber room and when a get rid of those teachers you have in the rubber room. Since they are the ones not doing anything in the school system. The other thing albany should do is to reevaluate the teachers and all the ones that know what they are doing and show they love to teach should be kept. But layoffs is not the answer. These children are our future and if they don’t get the right education there will be no good future for our children’s children. So, with this in mind I believe that laying teachers off is not the answer to save the future.

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