Thursday, April 22, 2010

2,000 Connecticut Teachers Face Layoffs Before Next School Year - CTnow

By GRACE E. MERRITT
Posted by Frank Smith at 22.4.10

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

2,000 is a good start. I guess their Messiah didn't keep his promises with the teacher's unions, but there's a surprise, Obama going back on his word?

April 22, 2010 at 6:55 PM
Anonymous said...

If the BOE had cut down and cut out some administrators, maybe we could save some teacher jobs for the children. Why are people in education above reproach? Many of them are not very bright and should not be teaching. They are protected by tenure which should be outlawed. If you do not like your doctor, lawyer, dentist or hairdresser, you can change them to some one better. If your child gets stuck with a lousy teacher that everyone knows is lousy, your child is stuck for a whole year because of tenure and corrupt management, not to mention BOE members who are not "too swift"!

April 22, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Anonymous said...

Many of those teachers voted for Obama because they wanted change. I suggest that the HR guy go out into the teachers' parking lot and target all the cars with Obama signs and lay those teachers off. They voted for change didn't they? They took him at his word, didn't they? Time for a change. Right?

April 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM
Anonymous said...

"They are protected by tenure which should be outlawed. If you do not like your doctor, lawyer, dentist or hairdresser, you can change them to some one better. If your child gets stuck with a lousy teacher that everyone knows is lousy, your child is stuck for a whole year because of tenure and corrupt management, not to mention BOE members who are not "too swift"!

The "tenure thing" is a myth. What is not a myth is that there are many incompetent administrators who are not capable of effective supervision of teachers, competent or not. Their incompetence is usually notable in that they themselves were not effective teachers. Administrators like this are usually nothing more than sycophants and "bean counters." Good supervisors know what is effective teaching and are not afraid to document ineffective teaching , tenure or not!!

April 22, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Anonymous said...

Time for change! The more teachers jobs eliminated, the better!

April 22, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Anonymous said...

I'll bet a Rassmussen report for CT would show 2/3 of the citizenry supporting cutting teacher salaries just like in NJ:

Today, over 550 towns statewide are voting on their school budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Demonstrating that New Jersey voters stand behind Governor Christie’s leadership, Rasmussen Reports’ April 16th survey found that 65% of New Jersey voters support a one-year salary freeze for teachers, administrators and other school workers. That’s two-thirds of NJ voters!

April 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Anonymous said...

5 yes five comments, and not one about the union! Get rid of the unions, and the we get control back. Da

April 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Anonymous said...

TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie called the defeat of 58 percent of school budgets proof voters support his agenda.

This was not a close call. Fifty-eight percent of budgets in New Jersey being voted down in one day ... it has never happened before," he said. "I believe it’s going to unite all of us to say these reforms need to be done, the people need to be listened to."

Christie slashed aid to school districts by $820 million and urged districts not to raise property taxes to make up the difference. He also advised voters to reject budgets if local teachers unions did not accept a one-year wage freeze and contribute at least 1.5 percent of their salary to health benefits.

April 23, 2010 at 12:16 AM
Anonymous said...

Teachers' Unions care about themselves, their salaries, their benefits, their tenure, their extra duties. They complain about every little thing that they have to do outside of their classrooms.

Their principals and supervisors will tell you that they can't do a good job on eveluations because there are too many of them!

The worse teachers try to make themselves look better by appearing tough amd giving the students failing marks!

Teachers' Unions own Democratic presidents. They fight every new idea that will make them look bad, like charter schools. Home school children learn a lot more.


Negotiations over salary contacts are between the union teachers, not too smart BOE members and HR people who want big raises for themselves as well.

April 23, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Anonymous said...

Who would even miss a mere 2,000 teachers across Connecticut?

The military would describe this as acceptable losses!!!!!

April 23, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Anonymous said...

NOW THIS IS CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!

TRENTON -- After a day of haggling over details, Gov. Chris Christie tonight signed into law broad changes to pensions and benefits offered to public workers.

The changes, which will largely affect future workers and won’t have much of an immediate impact on the state’s $46 billion pension hole, faced stiff opposition from labor unions every step of the way since being announced in January.

"I’m thrilled," Christie said after signing his first laws as governor. "Today is a great day for the taxpayers of the state of New Jersey."

The new laws ban future part-time workers from the pension system, instead requiring part-timers who make more than $5,000 to join a 401(k)-style plan. It also makes pensions for future hires less generous, rolling back a 9 percent increase granted in 2001, requires pension payments to be based on one job, and limits payments of accrued sick leave for future workers to $15,000. The bills do not affect those already retired.

April 23, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Anonymous said...

I wish Governor Christie would move to Connecticut and run for Governor. That is change we can really believe in!!!!

April 23, 2010 at 7:54 PM

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