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Hi Renee, This is rough news. And eight of 'em in ten years? Now your email address makes sense to me! I'm don't doubt that you'll be back on your feet soon. In the mean time, I'm sending you a song -- or at least the reference. I'm sure you know it: Johnny Nash's "I can see clearly now." Hum a few bars. Is has gotten me through a lot. Nothing but blue skies! - Dave Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org - Original Message - From: "Renee" To: ; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary schools and one middle school. This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even required by NCLB. Yes, I got a pink slip. Renee On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Renee Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Yes, I am in Northern California. On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. Are you in California? Mary Ann Cy-Fair ISD Houston, TX - Original Message - From: "Renee" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. Renee waving another pink slip in the air. On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this problem. I had to laugh! LSD!! Of course LSD was an acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother? Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring down. Saxon is a very rote program. Jan "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."BJ Gallagher From: phoenix...@sbcglobal.net Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:40 -0800 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency I agree with Nancy. I am so sick and tired of the "supported by research" claim that I could scream. One of my principals sent out an email a few weeks ago with a link and an article that showed research about student achievement with Saxon math. ick. So I read it, and it referred basically to test scores AND also mentioned that Saxon math did not do well in problem-solving, which was better addressed with a different program that was studied. I think it was three or four math programs that were compared, and maybe it was Everyday Math that was better at problem-solving, but please don't quote me. Anyway, the point is that it truly is like a game of telephone. Perfect analogy, Nancy. Renee On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:22 AM, creeche...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/10/2010 11:59:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, creeche...@aol.com writes: Could you give me
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Renee I am so very sorry. I am up here near you as you know and the districts are hemoraging (well there's a word I obviously can spell and my spell check doesn't work on email!). But it is also a blow to children. It is especially horrible when someone as gifted as you has to hang in for children year after year by a thread. Sally On 3/20/10 2:31 PM, "Renee" wrote: > Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two > of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- > five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I > received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in > the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This > is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary > schools and one middle school. > > This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not > have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with > them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all > official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. > > My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink > slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue > another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough > years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district > next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. > > California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save > millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit > exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently > submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more > millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even > required by NCLB. > > Yes, I got a pink slip. > > Renee > > > > On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink >> slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. >> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Renee >> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >> Group >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >> >> Yes, I am in Northern California. >> >> >> On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: >> >>> Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. >>> >>> Are you in California? >>> >>> Mary Ann >>> Cy-Fair ISD >>> Houston, TX >>> >>> - Original Message - From: "Renee" >>> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >>> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>> >>> If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. Renee waving another pink slip in the air. On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: > > > > Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email > stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you > were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. > For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the > student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions > would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day > (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this > problem. I had to laugh! LSD!! Of course LSD was an > acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember > Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother? Divide, Multiply, Subtract, > Bring down. > Saxon is a very rote program. > Jan > "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about > learning how to dance in the rain."BJ Gallagher > > > > > > > > >> From: phoenix...@sbcglobal.net >> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:40 -0800 >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >> >> I agree with Nancy. I am so sick and tired of the "supported by >> research" claim that I could scream. One of my principals sent >> out an >> email a few weeks ago with a link and an article that showed >> research >> about student achievement with Saxon math. ick. So I read it, >> and it >> referred basically to test scores AND also mentioned that Saxon >> math >> did not do well in problem-solving, which was better addressed >> with a >> different program that was studied. I think it was three or four >> math >> programs that were compared, and maybe it was Everyday Math that >> was >> better at problem-solving, but please don't quote me. Anyway, the >> point is that it truly is like a game of telephone. Perfect >> analogy, >> Nancy. >> >> Renee >> >> >> On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:22 AM, creeche...@aol.com wrote: >> >>> >>
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Thanks, Dave. I always seem to land on my feet. One of my former principals once told me that I have spirit. I have to say that at this point, I just want to be able to pay the bills and survive. Schools are not what they used to be, and I feel little connection these days with colleagues or schools or administrators or the profession itself. I'm ready to get out, and yet not. I need to do *something* but am not sure what that something is. Renee On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Dave Middlebrook wrote: Hi Renee, This is rough news. And eight of 'em in ten years? Now your email address makes sense to me! I'm don't doubt that you'll be back on your feet soon. In the mean time, I'm sending you a song -- or at least the reference. I'm sure you know it: Johnny Nash's "I can see clearly now." Hum a few bars. Is has gotten me through a lot. Nothing but blue skies! - Dave Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org - Original Message - From: "Renee" To: ; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary schools and one middle school. This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even required by NCLB. Yes, I got a pink slip. Renee On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Renee Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Yes, I am in Northern California. On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. Are you in California? Mary Ann Cy-Fair ISD Houston, TX - Original Message - From: "Renee" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. Renee waving another pink slip in the air. On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this problem. I had to laugh! LSD!! Of course LSD was an acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother? Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring down. Saxon is a very rote program. Jan "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."BJ Gallagher From: phoenix...@sbcglobal.net Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:40 -0800 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency I agree with Nancy. I am so sick and tired of the "supported by research" claim that I could scream. One of my principals sent out an email a few weeks ago with a link and an article that showed research about student achievement with Saxon math. ick. So I read it, and it referred basically to test scores AND also
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Thanks, Sally. I think the hardest thing about all this is the way things work in a fundamental way. We get our credentials from the state, but if we move to a different district within the state we lose everything we have built. Had I stayed living in the Bay Area, I would be safe, well-compensated, and stable at this point. Instead, I chose to move to a rural, lower-socioeconomic area, and lost all my tenure, my good reputation, by security, etc. Plus, there are issues with the "temporary" status that I think need to be address by the teachers' association; I have been removed from the seniority list because the art program is/was temporary (year-to-year), and there are two people on the seniority list who were hired well after I was. In these times, it becomes teacher against teacher, and that's an ugly place. Renee On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:54 AM, thomas wrote: Renee I am so very sorry. I am up here near you as you know and the districts are hemoraging (well there's a word I obviously can spell and my spell check doesn't work on email!). But it is also a blow to children. It is especially horrible when someone as gifted as you has to hang in for children year after year by a thread. Sally On 3/20/10 2:31 PM, "Renee" wrote: Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary schools and one middle school. This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even required by NCLB. Yes, I got a pink slip. Renee On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Renee Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Yes, I am in Northern California. On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. Are you in California? Mary Ann Cy-Fair ISD Houston, TX - Original Message - From: "Renee" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. Renee waving another pink slip in the air. On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this problem. I had to laugh! LSD!! Of course LSD was an acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother? Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring down. Saxon is a very rote program. Jan "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."BJ Gallagher From: phoenix...@sbcglobal.net Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:40 -0800 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency I agree with Nancy. I am so sick and tired of the "supported by research" claim that I could scream. One of my principals sent out an email a few weeks ago with a link and an article that showed research about student achievement with Saxon math. ick. So I read it, and it referred basically to test scores AND also mentioned that Saxon math did not do well in problem-solving, which was better addressed with a different progra
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I'm hearing what your're saying, Renee. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Renee Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:55:35 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group; Dave Middlebrook Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Thanks, Dave. I always seem to land on my feet. One of my former principals once told me that I have spirit. I have to say that at this point, I just want to be able to pay the bills and survive. Schools are not what they used to be, and I feel little connection these days with colleagues or schools or administrators or the profession itself. I'm ready to get out, and yet not. I need to do *something* but am not sure what that something is. Renee On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Dave Middlebrook wrote: > Hi Renee, > > This is rough news. And eight of 'em in ten years? Now your email > address makes sense to me! > > I'm don't doubt that you'll be back on your feet soon. In the mean > time, I'm sending you a song -- or at least the reference. I'm sure > you know it: Johnny Nash's "I can see clearly now." Hum a few bars. > Is has gotten me through a lot. > > Nothing but blue skies! > > - Dave > > Dave Middlebrook > The Textmapping Project > A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills > instruction. > www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! > USA: (609) 771-1781 > dmiddlebr...@textmapping.org > > > - Original Message - From: "Renee" > To: ; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension > Strategies Email Group" > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:31 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > > >> Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two >> of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- >> five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I >> received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in >> the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This >> is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary >> schools and one middle school. >> >> This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not >> have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with >> them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all >> official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. >> >> My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink >> slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue >> another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough >> years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district >> next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. >> >> California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save >> millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit >> exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently >> submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more >> millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even >> required by NCLB. >> >> Yes, I got a pink slip. >> >> Renee >> >> >> >> On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink >>> slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. >>> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Renee >>> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 >>> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >>> Group >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>> >>> Yes, I am in Northern California. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: >>> Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. Are you in California? Mary Ann Cy-Fair ISD Houston, TX - Original Message - From: "Renee" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. > > Renee waving another pink slip in the air. > > > On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: > >> >> >> >> Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email >> stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you >> were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. >> For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the >> student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions >> would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day >> (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this >> problem. I had to laugh! LSD!! Of course LSD was an >> acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember >> Daddy, Mother,
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I said long long ago at a commission on improving teaching two things In particular 1 was that I believed it was not good structurally to lock teachers into particular districts in terms of pay scales or tenure. That moving around and/or moving up and down the levels of education often made better teachers! Maybe I was prejudiced because at that point I had moved 18 times in 20 years because my husband was military - but I honestly believe that all those levels and contexts and all made me a much richer educator in terms of experiences in the long run. It also made me braver because I had nothing to lose! The second thing I said was a question - when would they create a commission on improving the administration profession I was a panelist in the southern California panel. This was a California project - the Dorman commission. It was around the mid 80s I think. Not much has changed. I have so much empathy Renee. sally On 3/21/10 7:59 AM, "Renee" wrote: > Thanks, Sally. > > I think the hardest thing about all this is the way things work in a > fundamental way. We get our credentials from the state, but if we move > to a different district within the state we lose everything we have > built. Had I stayed living in the Bay Area, I would be safe, > well-compensated, and stable at this point. Instead, I chose to move to > a rural, lower-socioeconomic area, and lost all my tenure, my good > reputation, by security, etc. Plus, there are issues with the > "temporary" status that I think need to be address by the teachers' > association; I have been removed from the seniority list because the > art program is/was temporary (year-to-year), and there are two people > on the seniority list who were hired well after I was. In these times, > it becomes teacher against teacher, and that's an ugly place. > > Renee > > On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:54 AM, thomas wrote: > >> Renee >> >> I am so very sorry. I am up here near you as you know and the >> districts are >> hemoraging (well there's a word I obviously can spell and my spell >> check >> doesn't work on email!). But it is also a blow to children. It is >> especially horrible when someone as gifted as you has to hang in for >> children year after year by a thread. >> >> Sally >> >> >> On 3/20/10 2:31 PM, "Renee" wrote: >> >>> Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two >>> of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- >>> five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I >>> received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in >>> the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This >>> is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary >>> schools and one middle school. >>> >>> This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not >>> have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with >>> them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all >>> official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. >>> >>> My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink >>> slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue >>> another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough >>> years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district >>> next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. >>> >>> California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save >>> millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit >>> exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently >>> submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more >>> millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even >>> required by NCLB. >>> >>> Yes, I got a pink slip. >>> >>> Renee >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, beverleep...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: Renee Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Yes, I am in Northern California. On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: > Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. > > Are you in California? > > Mary Ann > Cy-Fair ISD > Houston, TX > > - Original Message - From: "Renee" > > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > > >> If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. >> >> Renee waving another pink slip in the air. >> >> >> On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17
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In Maryland (and Virginia) the schools are administered by counties instead of districts. There are 42 elementary schools, 28 middle schools and 12 high schools in my county. This gives room for teachers to move around or to move to another school when a school needs less teachers. We haven't had to lay off any teachers yet. (The county next to us has, though). My sister was given a pink slip, too. I hope something magically saves your job~! > ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
