Union Sent Threatening Letter To Parent Who Complained

www.wftv.com ^ | 11/18/2004

[foofoopowder]

Union Sent Threatening Letter To Parent Who Complained

POSTED: 5:16 pm EST November 18, 2004 UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST November 18, 2004

LETTER: Teachers' Union Responds To Parent Who Complained (PDF file)

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- Channel 9 has obtained a letter from the teachers' union to a parent who complained Kathy Garrett beat her child years ago. Carol Goings was shocked by the threatening letter she received.

[foofoopowder]

The teacher's union threatened the parent who complained about the teacher physically abusing her child. The latest news is that porn has been found on the teacher's computer in the classroom. The teacher's union has as much to do with education as the Gestapo. The link, http://www.wftv.com/education/3931146/detail.html contains a copy of the union's threatening letter.

[elbucko]

This is what happens when professionals unionize. Their loyalty now belongs to the union instead of the client, patient, or student. In turn, the union will protect behavior from its members that a professional society would find offensive. Welcome to the 21st. Century.

[foofoopowder]

http://www.wftv.com/education/3927504/detail.html
More info about porn found on teacher's computer.

[konaice]

The text of that letter (pdf) would be sufficient to get the
attourney disbared in many states. (Alaska being one of them). You can not threaten, you can only sue.

[Dalite]

Teacher's Unions - N.E.A.

This is what is wrong with the Public School System.

The teachers are being forced to pay dues to a Leftist Political Action Group that has no concerns on educating the youth - they just want to further their agenda.

Garrett personifies their agenda.

[rawhide]

Kathleen Garrett

[abclily]

The same people who insist on parents in this country having the freedom of choice on whether or not to kill their unborn and partially-born children refuse to allow parents any freedom of choice when it comes to the education of our youth. Something woefully wrong with this situation, and it's time it was corrected.

[American Vet Repairman]

Sue the teachers union for 10 million dollars. Disbar the lawyer for extortion and witness tampering in a potential case.

[jocon307]

"Welcome to the 21st. Century."

Be optimistic, look at it as a phenomenon of the 20th century. It took generations to get there, it'll take generations to get back. But W winning again was a step in the RIGHT direction.

I sincerely hope I live to see the teachers unions completely eradicated in my lifetime. I strongly hope we ARE on our way to an "ownership society" and that vouchers, or something like them, will be a big part of it.

[perfect stranger]

I would hope this is a mugshot, but I might be wrong.

[abclily]

That would be an excellent first step.

[elbucko]

I sincerely hope I live to see the teachers unions completely eradicated in my lifetime.

So do I. Teaching is a profession and should act and be treated as such. A professional teachers association, that has influence at both the local and national level, is more desirable. Teaching is not a quantifiable "craft" that lends itself to the structure of a union. Furthermore, public employment does not lend itself to the private industry model of a union. If the United Auto Workers go on strike at General Motors for months, the consumer can purchase Fords, or other makes. The same sort of options does not exist for the parents of a school district on strike. The same goes for the police and fire. Rather than strike "rights", public employee associations should have special and immediate access to the courts to remedy their grievances.