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As we get ready to start the new school year we are reminded of last summer's debacle of negotiating the teacher's contract. In today's Newsday on page 5 we see how Copiague teachers gave givebacks to their district, saving their district 7 million dollars. Why our Board chose to say on one hand we didn't have the money for raises and then settle, giving the teachers their raise without any givebacks is just preposterous! The raises were very generous considering the settlements and givebacks throughout Long Island. The article mentions nine other districts that negotiated concessions from their teachers.
Please remember this as you make changes in your lifestyle to be able to continue to live here in Plainview, and remember this as you enter the voting booth in May. Ms. Lieberman and Ms. Bernstein hope you forget, because they were two of the four board members who chose to give the teachers their very generous raises and are up for reelection.
Newsday article:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/copiague-teachers-salary-givebacks-save-7-million-1.2247678
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Everyone should check the minutes of the July 6th Board of Ed Meeting - notice how three teachers/administrators received about 40,000 dollars each in unused sick leave when they retired. They get to roll over their sick leave from year to year??? And guess who is paying for this?
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to exercise your right to vote but who are you voting for?
ReplyDeletegivebacks? concessions?
ReplyDeletein Plainview?!!??
i'm just hoping there won't be another 3-ring circus during whatever school year the contract gets negotiated.
if you read the article there are really no givebacks, the teachers in those districts agreed to defer the raises and steps. this will just put a burden on budgets in those districts a year or two two down the road. i believe that the 2.75 percent they agreed to defer will be more than the raise plainview teachers negotiated for the last year of their existing contract.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom line is that the Board caved in to the Teachers Union. No matter how you spin it ,this board ids made up of some irresponsible and clueless board members who either should of been voted out or should be voted out in the next election. The teacher are overpaid and do not deserve raises
ReplyDeletewhat should teachers get paid in your opinion?
ReplyDeleteDempsey got a raise.
ReplyDeleteWhy?
There was no inflation or cost of living increase.
I don't see any evidence of improvement in test scores, curriculum, quality of education, the school district website, communication, district management.
The BOE is very generous with my tax dollars. Based on nothing they give raises. I went into the wrong field.
What should teachers get paid in my opinion?
ReplyDeletenot over 100,000 a year
not be protected by tenure
not be given a raise in this economic disaster that we are in