Posted on 03/12/2019 8:07:58 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
And, parent unrest is starting to surface
Short-notice wildcat teacher sick outs during Kentucky’s current legislative session have already caused a lot of pain for Kentucky parents. On several recent occasions, parents in a number of Kentucky school districts have received a less-than-24-hour notice that schools were being cancelled so teachers could go and fuss at legislators in Frankfort. In consequence, such things as arranging baby sitting and providing for students’ lunches suddenly became a parent problem.
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Talk about disruption! And, parents are not happy.
... For sure, parents are beginning to question the sick outs. The Courier-Journal just added comments to its latest report, “Uncertainty over more teacher sickouts puts ACT testing in jeopardy,” to its running article series about the sick outs ACT implications...
Staub continues, “It’s second semester of their junior year. You’re talking about their futures. This is a critical time for their testing that a lot of them have prepared for.”
Yet another Jefferson County parent...isn’t happy. Writes the Courier, “She said she feels that a ‘rogue’ group of teachers has ‘hijacked’ the district.” The Courier continues coverage of Michael’s comments, reporting she said:
“There’s a group of teachers out there and we don’t even know who they are and who made this decision for everybody. They should have some repercussions.”
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Sure providing a strong argument for private charter schools.
Rescheduling the tests can be difficult and disruptive.The testing company should step in.
The public school teachers do it for the children. It’s a vocation more than a job.
fire them ALL, and start over
No starting over.
I’m not up on the KY situation but I know that after Gov. Walker made it optional for teachers to belong to the union, the largest teachers union in WI, WEAC, has lost 67% of it’s members and even had to sell it’s fancy new headquarters building.
So given the choice, teacher can break the cycle.
Is this a competency test?
This “sickout” sounds an awful lot like racketeering.
I for one applaud the employees of JCPS.
Their low expectations for graduates suppressed the wages I had to pay while an employer in Louisville.
I was able to hire more employees per dollar in Louisville than my peers in Nashville, Cincinnati, Memphis, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. This made my job easier than the other managers in my region.
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I couldn’t believe my employees passed anything above 5th grade. My 2nd grade daughter speaks and reads better than almost all of the people I ever hired in Louisville...and she has more money saved too. Louisville was approximately 40% black and my warehouse bordered the black section of the city due to the low cost of rent there. I can’t remember having a black applicant and only ever had 1 regular black customer, who was in his 70’s.
I know, I’m racist.
Fire the teachers, close the public schools, and give vouchers for people to send their kids to Catholic or private school.
JoMa
Organized Labor has found a weak spot to push against.
Today virtually all moms are working outside the home.
Losing their 7 to 8 hours of free public babysitting puts a serious crimp in their lifestyle. It does not have to go on to long before then vent on their elected representatives with angry invective, who cave to the demands and fold.
Catholic schools are THRIVING in Louisville.
Generally the case in areas where the public schools are so bad.
No the governor (if he / she gave a crap about kids) should outlaw teachers unions as well as Public Sector unions and kick the Government “Department of Education” out of school
Governor Bevin (GOP) is up for re-election this year.
The protests are designed to keep the liberal base fired up so they can oust the Republican and install a Democrat.
The teachers nowadays are primarily political activists. Educating the children is far down their “to-do” list.
Pearson publishing runs many of the states testing. They have been fined millions for faulty results. Kids able to graduate while in some cases several hundred shown they failed.
They pay the politicians and school officials millions to win billions in contracts so small cost of to them. Big cost to the kids.
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