Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Is There a Math Wizzard Out There?

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Expectations Must Be Realistic":

No
What is meant is this. Due to the economic downturn where millions of people have lost there jobs and the fact that the boards attorney stated in a meeting that the school district is estimated to have a 5 million dollar deficit in 2 years if we do not give the teachers a raise and a 7 million dollar deficit if we gave them a raise in 2 years due to the anticipated pension increase that we will be forced to pay. That is a fact. Where are we going to get this money from? the taxpayers who are already overtaxed ?
The board should of been looking for givebacks and at best should only be offering a contract with no raises at all. Maybe we have a math wizard on this blog who can educate us on how we are supposed to come up with the anticipated 5-7 million dollars that we have to pay to the state pension plan? We can not give what we do not have.You are right this could of been handled better by both sides. The PCT thought they would get some where by going public with their contract dispute. The effort appears to have failed as they have only angered parents who may have their own financial problems.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 17, 2009 at 12:22 AM

    the numbers that the boards attorney stated have been shown to be false, the projected deficit is much less then that, its about $700,000. Still alot, but not $5M.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Don't give the teachers a contract.
    Pay them to babysit. At $7 and hour for 6.5 hours a day for 180 days a year for elementary teachers, with 22 students, that is $180,180.
    In secondary, with 88 students, that comes out to be $720,720.
    Seems to me that 2.5% is a tremendous savings for the taxpayer

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  3. AnonymousDecember 21, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    I do not live in Plainview nor do I teach there as I am not a teacher, but what is wrong with you people? You drive around your $600 a month cars and you can't give a teacher a raise!! The day that you are able to prove that you can handle a teacher's job is the day you earn the right to judge one!!!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 22, 2009 at 11:34 PM

    Then why don't you go back to your community and worry about problems there before you talk like you know about everything going on here.

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