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Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

Twisty — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:37:58 -0700

Fredo, it's not a funding problem or a union problem -- it's a *management* problem. School administrators keep piling on this crap with total disregard for the chaos that it causes. More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

jcbetty — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:07:56 -0700

Union might have everything to do with the teacher in question not being fired after a some really dismal years, is my guess-- certainly, that's what I was talking about. --as to union having to do with "days off" --I'm seeing that in-service days mean teachers work, just not with kids. More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

jenyum — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:22:27 -0700

*How* is it a union position? Do you mean, because of the unions the district has to pay teachers for time they are at work, training and developing new curricula? More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

fredo — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:05:51 -0700

Betty@ Good points about the extra 30 minutes and the enhanced Kindergarten. I do agree with Chris and Twisty about the disruptive nature of so much conferencing during the year. More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

jcbetty — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:08:57 -0700

did the trib say anything about the thirty minutes more class time , per day, and the across-the-board full day kindergarten happening? --certainly, those hours would factor in somehow to the statistics? More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

jenyum — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:03:39 -0700

There was an article about it in the Trib this weekend. (Trying to start a discussion about it on Tacomamama, if you'd like to stop by.) Basically, having them during the Summer or after hours would require paying the teachers for more days/hours, which the schools cannot afford. More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

chrism39 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:05:26 -0700

Well I don't know about that, my son had a teacher last year that was racist, lazy, disorganized, and mean. She had 10 or 11 parent complaints, 3 parents pulled there kids and I spoke to the principal about a billion times, yet she will be teaching again. More »

Re: Blog Discussion | less school again

Twisty — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:48:55 -0700

What I can't understand is why don't they do these "work days" during the summer? They have 3 months off to plan, but they insist on inconveniencing their employers - the parents - by sprinkling disruptions throughout the school year. More »

Blog Discussion | less school again

chrism39 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:57:50 -0700

Last school year I remember grumbling about the shrinking of the school year. It seemed like at least once a month my kids had half days and days off. More »