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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 11:43:18 GMT
That's just disgusting.
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MerryMom
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Jul 24, 2014 19:51:57 GMT
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Post by MerryMom on Jul 30, 2014 11:59:14 GMT
If that pay freeze was in the contract, then nothing can be done until the contract is up for negotiation. The administrators (who are NOT part of the teachers union in most cases) should not have received a pay raise until the current contractual pay freeze was done.
People need to keep up with their school boards...I always check the agenda and I show up at board meetings every other month. In most jurisdictions, the agenda has to be posted for x amount of days and probably in most places, the agenda is posted online.
I recently successfully ended an increase for the superintendent. Our district eliminated 15 teacher and 10 staff positions 12 months ago. They have not been rehired. But 8 months ago, there was an item on the board agenda to increase the superintendent's moving allowance (she was to move to our district within a year of her hire). This was four months after eliminating jobs for 25 people.
Due to the economy, her house didn't sell right away, so she lowered the price and it sold, but below her mortgage payoff. The item was to increase her moving allowance (the part of her benefits package that made up the difference between the sale price and her mortgage payoff). It was $5000 increase (now mind you, she already had a $5000 moving allowance so this would have been a total of $10000).
Two of the board members ran on a platform of "fiscal conservatism", so I filled out a form for public testimony. I basically said that the superintendent and school board entered into a contract a year ago and those were the terms that were agreed on and signed. In light of recent cut-backs and the termination of 25 employees, those 25 people probably can't afford to pay their mortgage, let alone get an additional $5000, that it sent the wrong message to increase her moving allowance. She took the job under those contract terms, so if her house didn't sell for the price that she wanted, well then, welcome to the reality of the economy.
The school board voted 3-2 to NOT increase her moving benefits. So a little victory.
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Post by melanell on Jul 30, 2014 12:56:47 GMT
That is awful. Completely disgusting.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 30, 2014 12:59:58 GMT
That's disgusting!
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TankTop
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Jun 28, 2014 1:52:46 GMT
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 13:36:54 GMT
...Custodial jobs are almost certainly being outsourced starting next month. I'm not minimizing the rest of the story (which stinks, btw), but outsourcing school custodians is a disturbing trend. School custodians are part of the culture and climate of the school. They juggle a lot of relationships - principal, staff, students. They need to like kids and feel protective about them. I'm not saying agency custodians necessarily dislike kids or teachers - just that this trend affects school climate much more than many people realize. I've seen this plan go sour in more than one school. The bottom line isn't everything. Our school tried this several years ago. What at nobody accounted for was all the after school things that require a custodian. they had to pay an additional person to do this duty and ended up not saving any money in the long run.
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