Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Vote to Make Changes, Not to Cut the Budget":
Voting down does not mean a direct impact on the children. The board and the teachers always throw that at the residents. How about the parents who no can no longer afford to live in Plainview because no one knows when to say enough is enough with this out of control budget. What about these children?Fiscal responsibility is a word that should be taught in our school. It appears very few people are aware of the definition.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Vote to Make Changes, Not to Cut the Budget
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Listen at the Board Meeting, Speak Out at the Voti...":
Everyone should show up tonight and take note of who and who's not representing you the community. I agree with the above poster to an extent, we should take our unhappiness to the voting booth and make changes to the board but to vote down the budget would directly hurt the children of the district
Everyone should show up tonight and take note of who and who's not representing you the community. I agree with the above poster to an extent, we should take our unhappiness to the voting booth and make changes to the board but to vote down the budget would directly hurt the children of the district
POB Website: Negotiations Over. Teachers to sign..
http://www.pob.k12.ny.us/BOE/
1/15/2010
Mrs. Weinstein made the following statement regarding negotiations.
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“We have experienced some trying times over the last few months in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District. The Board of Education and the Plainview Congress of Teachers have been negotiating a new contract during some of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, financial times in most of our memories.
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The Board of Education has never forgotten its responsibility to the education of our children, to our valued staff and to our taxpaying community. The negotiations process led us to impasse and to mediation. The mediation process has brought us to an agreement on terms for a two year contract which covers the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 school year. It is expected that the Plainview Congress of Teachers will ratify the agreement this week and the Board of Education will vote on the agreement at our January 25th meeting.
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It is our hope that we can now return our full attention and focus to our shared goals of raising the academic standards in our schools while continuing the development and implementation of effective fiscal management strategies. We should all take the time now to remember what makes us so proud to live, work and raise our children here in Plainview-Old Bethpage.”
Taxes going up, Up UP!
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Board Meeting Tonight":
Residents who plan on attending tonight should get there early to get a seat. It is also suggested that you go on to the link below to read the article about our school system in NY and the pension obligations that will put us in the hole for Billions in the coming years
http://www.empirecenter.org/Articles/2010/01/Newsday-column-011810.cfm
Residents who plan on attending tonight should get there early to get a seat. It is also suggested that you go on to the link below to read the article about our school system in NY and the pension obligations that will put us in the hole for Billions in the coming years
http://www.empirecenter.org/Articles/2010/01/Newsday-column-011810.cfm
Listen at the Board Meeting, Speak Out at the Voting Booth
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Catching Up.":
At this point assuming that a contract has been passed the only steps we can take now are the following:
Find out what the contract gives the teachers
If you are unhappy then by all means show your unhappiness in May at the voting booth when we vote for the next budget and for a few board members. I think it might be a good thing if the board gets some new members and the budget does not pass. Something has to change. Hopefully 2010 will be better than 2009 was. :}
At this point assuming that a contract has been passed the only steps we can take now are the following:
Find out what the contract gives the teachers
If you are unhappy then by all means show your unhappiness in May at the voting booth when we vote for the next budget and for a few board members. I think it might be a good thing if the board gets some new members and the budget does not pass. Something has to change. Hopefully 2010 will be better than 2009 was. :}
Board Meeting Tonight
Monday, January 25 Board of Ed meeting at 7:45pm. There are presentations being made that are very important and will have an impact on our district.
This is the meeting where Adoption of Memorandum of Agreement with PCT will be presented.
This is the meeting where Adoption of Memorandum of Agreement with PCT will be presented.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Catching Up.
Apologies to all, business called. The items below are older emails that may or may not be pertinent but were sent in and so should be posted. To my knowledge, there has been no contract officially signed as of yet. Perhaps a subscriber could shed further light. A belated happy new year to all.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Dear Mr. Rosenfeld..":
Mr. Rosenfeld and the PCT can make a Boy Scout troop look bad. If you came in asking and not demanding, I for one would of been on your side. Don't say that you did.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
so what are we going to talk about now?
education???
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Does anyone know the terms? What were the compromises on each side?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
uh oh - did the teachers get all they wanted? and if so, God help us
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Do we get to go through this again in 2011?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
The PCT should be VERY thankful for the proposed agreed upon settlement of 2% this year folled by 3% including longevity next year.
The BOE on the other gave in and rewarded the union once again, setting the stage for future BOEs to try to stop the ever increasing outflow of money that the residents of POB just can't afford.
If New BOE trustees are appointed at the next election, will they be able to stop the union from getting their entitlement of a raise when the next contract comes due?
What ever happened to a 9 period day?
Why don't teacher have hall duties instead of aides?
Why do some regular ed. teacher in the collab. model treat the special education teachers like aides?
When will the spec ed teachers collaborate with the regular ed teachers as equals when it comes to grading?
When will the school district offer collab classes for seniors?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
we have not heard from you in a while. are you upset that there is no longer a need for this blog?
Ed's note: The teacher's contract is only one of the many issues our school district faces that should be discussed amongst the taxpayers and parents. I hope that if you all have the stomachs to go forward we will continue our conversations trying to improve the curriculum, insure equal instruction and prep across all of the schools, argue over how the budget should be handled, addding more periods to the day, gaining extra help for elementary students, etc. etc. etc. For my money, we have just scratched the surface.
This is our district in spite of the high taxes, it does not run on autopilot and the board should be given direction by us.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "PARENT Teacher Association":
the pta is busy. all the crazy volunteers are busy....busy....busy....pretending to be ceo's cfo's...busy, busy, busy ---what a waste of their time....they get used and abused and the teachers and administrators hate pta in their buildings and yet, they stay busy, busy, busy...why? i dont get it! what a crock..
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
That's right, that's what I heard from my neighbor who's a teacher. My neighbor even went as far as to tell me which board members voted for the contract!! I was appalled when she told me, I asked her how she knew about closed meeting discussions and she told me that her building rep told her!! I will not post the names, but will say that if you want to know who voted for and against go to the meeting tomorrow night, you will then see who really represents the community and who doesn't.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Where are the updates, I live for this stuff about the unionites and their fearless leader.
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And finally,
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Dear residents,
There is a very good website that everyone should take a look at. The site is WWW.EMPIRECENTER.ORG
below is the link to the article concerning our schools that was on this site and in Newsday:
http://www.empirecenter.org/Articles/2010/01/Newsday-column-011810.cfm
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Dear Mr. Rosenfeld..":
Mr. Rosenfeld and the PCT can make a Boy Scout troop look bad. If you came in asking and not demanding, I for one would of been on your side. Don't say that you did.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
so what are we going to talk about now?
education???
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Does anyone know the terms? What were the compromises on each side?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
uh oh - did the teachers get all they wanted? and if so, God help us
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Do we get to go through this again in 2011?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
The PCT should be VERY thankful for the proposed agreed upon settlement of 2% this year folled by 3% including longevity next year.
The BOE on the other gave in and rewarded the union once again, setting the stage for future BOEs to try to stop the ever increasing outflow of money that the residents of POB just can't afford.
If New BOE trustees are appointed at the next election, will they be able to stop the union from getting their entitlement of a raise when the next contract comes due?
What ever happened to a 9 period day?
Why don't teacher have hall duties instead of aides?
Why do some regular ed. teacher in the collab. model treat the special education teachers like aides?
When will the spec ed teachers collaborate with the regular ed teachers as equals when it comes to grading?
When will the school district offer collab classes for seniors?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
we have not heard from you in a while. are you upset that there is no longer a need for this blog?
Ed's note: The teacher's contract is only one of the many issues our school district faces that should be discussed amongst the taxpayers and parents. I hope that if you all have the stomachs to go forward we will continue our conversations trying to improve the curriculum, insure equal instruction and prep across all of the schools, argue over how the budget should be handled, addding more periods to the day, gaining extra help for elementary students, etc. etc. etc. For my money, we have just scratched the surface.
This is our district in spite of the high taxes, it does not run on autopilot and the board should be given direction by us.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "PARENT Teacher Association":
the pta is busy. all the crazy volunteers are busy....busy....busy....pretending to be ceo's cfo's...busy, busy, busy ---what a waste of their time....they get used and abused and the teachers and administrators hate pta in their buildings and yet, they stay busy, busy, busy...why? i dont get it! what a crock..
---
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
That's right, that's what I heard from my neighbor who's a teacher. My neighbor even went as far as to tell me which board members voted for the contract!! I was appalled when she told me, I asked her how she knew about closed meeting discussions and she told me that her building rep told her!! I will not post the names, but will say that if you want to know who voted for and against go to the meeting tomorrow night, you will then see who really represents the community and who doesn't.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Where are the updates, I live for this stuff about the unionites and their fearless leader.
---
And finally,
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Tentative New 2 Year Contract?":
Dear residents,
There is a very good website that everyone should take a look at. The site is WWW.EMPIRECENTER.ORG
below is the link to the article concerning our schools that was on this site and in Newsday:
http://www.empirecenter.org/Articles/2010/01/Newsday-column-011810.cfm
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