Obonghit will say that it is Bush’s fault.
Still.
After three years.
Who is to blame? I don’t care.
When governments are forced to cut spending, they always choose the most visible, and painful cuts to make. I think they hit the bullseye by firing the teacher of the year.
In Kalifornia many teachers are publicly laid off each Spring (usually a “potential layoff notice”) and miraculously rehired when school starts up again. If the laid off teacher is really good they could easily get a better teaching job in the private sector.
I’d like to know if the district has actually made spending cuts ... you know, fewer dollars spent than in a previous year ... or if they just had “budget cuts,” which means, “We submitted our ‘everything solid-gold’ budget request, but the county/state would only give us gold-plate.”
Anyhoo, to make this all go away, fully privatize education. Private pay or private charity.
She prolly didn’t have enough “seniority” to survive the cuts, while others who were there 30 years and on “suspension” were kept on. Unions create the ultimate cronyism in that the union members themsellves have no say to what goes on and the union bosses are in unelected positions of power.
I thought unions created a “worker’s paradise”?
Nope, like all other systems, once they get power they get corruption, and power is the ultimate corruption.
This the genius of the founders they realized that if you limit the power of the government you will limit the corruption inherent in it.
Here's a link to the list if anyone is so inclined....
Right gender, wrong color. Had she been an affirmative action hire, she would have had a better chance of retaining her job. Merit and performance have little to do with who gets to teach your children.
I know! I know! I know! Teacher, please call me. I know! I know!
Layoffs should be 3 to 2. Three teachers to two district staffers. That’s about the ratio of teachers to staff in the school districts.
I did some work for California Highway Patrol. It was three uniformed to two non uniformed in the department. Should have been four to one.
But media and their dimwit government counterparts will only mention teachers, firefighters and police when it comes to layoffs.