You Should All Really Get A Life Already

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "We Can Get Past This":

I think this blog is sad. Written by residents of Plainview who for the most part know very little about the teacher negotiations, contracts, other districts and for the most part are just ignorant folks who just like to cause trouble because their own lives are miserable. Most of us moved to Plainview in part for the school district. I listen to people talk about Jericho scores being higher, nobody mentions that Jericho buses out special needs children and the ones they keep dont get standardized testing. Plainview special needs kids are included in those scores I'll bet nobody knows that Jericho officials came to the Plainview schools the other day to view our autistic children's program, why. Because they dont have one. I havent seen anywhere anybody mentioning that the teachers offered to simply role over their old contract with its whopping 2.5% increase, but the board said no. Newsday mentioned the other day that Jericho gave back sick days as part of there contracts, it didnt mention that before that Jericho teachers had practically unlimited sick days.

I dont agree with everything the union is doing, I dont agree with the way the school board has handled the situation either. But really, listening to some ignorant people of Plainview speak or just plain bash the teachers who taught your children how to read and write without absolutly any knowledge of any facts is just sickening. I listen to people say they are afraid to speak up because they are afraid that our children will be punished. It's probably more like you won't speak up because you have no real knowledge. You Should all really get a life already. How do you think this blog affects our community? New couples looking to start a family would certainly think twice about moving here if they were to come across this blog while surfing the net. How is that going to affect your property values? You wont have to worry about a tax increase, your taxes will continue to drop along with our property values. Not everyone in Plainview is broke. Plenty of MB's, BMW's etc in the Morton Village shopping center. Not every teacher is driving a Lexus. Most arent. Most teachers dont live in a bubble, most of them are married and have the same real life problems, mortages, taxes etc that the rest of us have.

No, I am not a teacher, just a concerned parent and Plainview resident who is tired of hearing about this already. Just negotiate a new contract and move on so we can all concentrate on more important real life issues.


Ed's note: It is my understanding that while we have children with learning disabilities from other districts being taught here, their academic scores are counted in the district they come from.