Phil, So let the administration speed up the discplinary hearings. Bet it would cost a hell of a lot less than $65 millon a year to do that. Isn't that the obvious solution? Is it the fault of the teachers the discplinary process is so slow? Noooooooo.....
On Jun 24, 9:42 am, Philobealo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ever wonder why we spend more and more and more on education, and yet > kids keep learning less? Here's a clue: > > Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses > ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their > full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the > Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do. > Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire > them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its > "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even > years, for their disciplinary hearings. > The 700 or so teachers can practice yoga, work on their novels, paint > portraits of their colleagues — pretty much anything but school work. > They have summer vacation just like their classroom colleagues and > enjoy weekends and holidays through the school year. … > Because the teachers collect their full salaries of $70,000 or more, > the city Department of Education estimates the practice costs the > taxpayers $65 million a year. The department blames union rules. > Teachers goof around in the rubber rooms for as long as six years. > Some have been known to hang out all day in nearby bars. Others play > dominoes, sleep, sell real estate, "or teach each other yoga and tai > chi." > > Reports teacher David Suker: > > It's sort of peaceful knowing that you're going to work to do nothing. > If you're not enraged yet, consider this: Thanks to Comrade Obama, now > the auto industry, then the healthcare industry, and after that every > other corner of our society will be run by the same unions and moonbat > bureauweenies that have made a farce of our schools. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
