Time To Break the Union?

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As a parent with kids in school I am quite concerned about the current situation in our schools, both from the teachers union and from the administration. What I say next is not directed towards any specific individual but to the group as a whole and I apologize if some take offense to this but we are talking about our kids and that is by far the most important thing.

While everyone wants more money this is certainly not the time to increase payrolls. The teachers in my opinion are making a very fair salary and the benefits are equally as good, not to mention all of the vacation time.

I wish I could same the same thing for my business, I just laid off one employee and reduced everyone else's hours.

The teachers still have jobs! They are still getting a weekly paycheck based on the prior years contract, nothing has changed in that regard (am I wrong??)

To hear that the teachers are unwilling to let parents in the classroom for these extra activities or refusing to write letters of recommendation for college is unheard of.

I even overheard one teacher mention that in the past years the Plainview test scores have been low and we worked really hard to get the kids to do better and now those scores are higher and that is why we deserve a raise. Guess what you were doing your JOB!!!

As for the administration they are doing nothing? Maybe it is because they got their raises and feel sympathetic to the teachers (why, because some of them were teachers once before). They are not stopping the activities in the schools with the teachers, why???

Has anyone noticed how the teachers are all wearing black and most if not all are wearing a pin in regards to the contract. What about the school pictures. Did anyone notice that most of the teachers wore black as well.

What type of message is this sending to our children, your students??

Maybe it is time to break the union???

Basically we have the teachers and the teachers union throwing a temper tantrum!!!

If they are so unhappy with their contract then maybe they should leave? I know plenty of people who are dying to get a job and they would not be asking nearly as much.

Start thinking about the KIDS!!!