Protests In Wisconsin

[ThetaDancer]

Originally Posted by AGDee

You thought Wisconsin was out of control. Our new Governor's plan now:
The governor or his administration can declare any city or school district to be in financial emergency and can then dissolve or disincorporate them and appoint people to be in charge of them. The emergency person can strip the town of union rights unilaterally AND suspend or dismiss elected officials. There are two different versions of this bill .. one in the House, one in the Senate. So we would lose our right to elect local government. In the meantime, he is cutting state funding to cities and school districts drastically, putting them in dire financial straits.

I've been trying to learn more about this...thanks for the info! Will you keep us updated?

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

An Ohio state legislator (and SB 5 supporter) recently said teachers "only work part-time" because they get summers off.

WTF?

I saw that! That seemed like straight out of The Onion...except, it wasn't.

[sanjiyan69]

Originally Posted by AGDee

You thought Wisconsin was out of control. Our new Governor's plan now:
The governor or his administration can declare any city or school district to be in financial emergency and can then dissolve or disincorporate them and appoint people to be in charge of them. The emergency person can strip the town of union rights unilaterally AND suspend or dismiss elected officials. There are two different versions of this bill .. one in the House, one in the Senate. So we would lose our right to elect local government. In the meantime, he is cutting state funding to cities and school districts drastically, putting them in dire financial straits.

A YouTube video explaining it all, from MSNBC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUpO1QFMDtM

This is absolutely unbelievable.

And, in the interest of fairness.. his defense. We have to trust that he will only use these powers in a dire emergency. http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/nationa...l-manager-bill

dictatorship?

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

An Ohio state legislator (and SB 5 supporter) recently said teachers "only work part-time" because they get summers off.

WTF?

Put them in the shoes of a teacher for a few days...then they will understand.

[sanjiyan69]

just posted that MSNBC clip on my facebook. I wonder what kind of response I'm going to get.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by ThetaDancer

I've been trying to learn more about this...thanks for the info! Will you keep us updated?

You bet. I am very riled up about this one.

Originally Posted by sanjiyan69

just posted that MSNBC clip on my facebook. I wonder what kind of response I'm going to get.

A teacher friend of mine had posted it on hers and I shared it.. three more of my friends have shared it since. The staunch Republicans have been very quiet, even those who usually issue rebuttals pretty quickly. I think this goes too far, even for them

As appealing as a businessman with no political experience sounds when we're hating "politics as usual", said businessman needs to at least understand that he is not the CEO of the state and government is NOT the same as a business.

He did promise to re-invent Michigan. I didn't know he would re-invent Democracy.

[LaneSig]

School districts in Texas are laying off teachers in huge numbers. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, districts are being forced to let go of anywhere from 200+ (Irving schools are not renewing 1st year teachers) to 3000 (Dallas school district, Fort Worth is only letting go of 1000). Yes, some positions maybe redudant or teachers who teach smaller classrooms.

We've been told that our classroom numbers will increase by 10-20 students.

The districts are begging the Texas governor to release funds from the state's Rainy Day Fund. It's a $9 billion fund for emergencies.

Gov. Rick Perry's (aka, Gov. Goodhair) response: "The school districts need to solve their own problems and not run to the state to solve them." He is refusing to release any funds.

Meanwhile, Gov. Goodhair has pushed through a bill that requires any woman seeking an abortion to have her doctor give her a mandatory sonogram, discuss what is seen, and to sign a paper that they discussed the sonogram and exactly what they saw.

I thought Republicans were all about government not interfering in people's lives.

And, yesterday after school, I found out that I may lose my job. 15 years of teaching. A Master's. Department Head. 5 areas of certification (meaning I have licenses to teach in 5 areas). And I was told that my department will be one of the first ones affected along with Special Education.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

And, yesterday after school, I found out that I may lose my job. 15 years of teaching. A Master's. Department Head. 5 areas of certification (meaning I have licenses to teach in 5 areas). And I was told that my department will be one of the first ones affected along with Special Education.

That's awful

A few days ago, I read that PWSH was preparing to increase enrollment by ~50%. Is the district planning on closing down schools too, or is the focus on releasing administration/teachers?

[LaneSig]

Teachers in PISD thought we were pretty safe - we're opening a new 9-10 high school next year and the projection that PWHS will go from 2000 to 3400 students. But, no. We find out the week after Spring Break who will be laid off.

[LaneSig]

^^

No. Teachers in my district thought we were safe. A new 9-10 high school is opening next year and the projected increase of PWHS from 2000 to 3400 in the next 2 years. But, we were told that layoffs are definite. We find out after Spring Break who will be let go.

Sorry for the double post. The original post did not show up for me for some reason.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

And, yesterday after school, I found out that I may lose my job. 15 years of teaching. A Master's. Department Head. 5 areas of certification (meaning I have licenses to teach in 5 areas). And I was told that my department will be one of the first ones affected along with Special Education.

This is terrible. I'm so sorry.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

And, yesterday after school, I found out that I may lose my job. 15 years of teaching. A Master's. Department Head. 5 areas of certification (meaning I have licenses to teach in 5 areas). And I was told that my department will be one of the first ones affected along with Special Education.

Oh man. I am so sorry.

I'm also REALLY surprised that Texas schools are in the position to lay off Sp. Ed. teachers. That doesn't usually happen (too hard to find/replace.)

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Oh man. I am so sorry.

I'm also REALLY surprised that Texas schools are in the position to lay off Sp. Ed. teachers. That doesn't usually happen (too hard to find/replace.)

I think that will be happening in Michigan too because the gov is cutting the special ed budget by 5% and the regular ed budget only by 4%. Such a good guy.

ETA: It dawned on me. These whacko Republican Governors in these swing states may just help Obama get re-elected in the end.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Oh man. I am so sorry.

I'm also REALLY surprised that Texas schools are in the position to lay off Sp. Ed. teachers. That doesn't usually happen (too hard to find/replace.)

One of the things that puts ESL and SpEd on the chopping block is our smaller class sizes. People look at them and say, "Oh, you only have 5-10 kids in your classes." We have smaller classes for a reason.

They are saying that a regular history class in high school will be 40-50 students next year.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

One of the things that puts ESL and SpEd on the chopping block is our smaller class sizes. People look at them and say, "Oh, you only have 5-10 kids in your classes." We have smaller classes for a reason.

They are saying that a regular history class in high school will be 40-50 students next year.

Jeez. That makes no sense. Hopefully OH districts don't follow suit with the SPED cuts. That would be no bueno for me in 2 years (although I have family in CA and have no problems relocating if it comes to that.)

Sidenote about class sizes: A friend of mine teaches kindergarten in a larger suburban district around here. Kindergarten registration is starting, and she was just told recently that she should plan for at least 40 kids this fall. Crazy.

[AGDee]

Yet they'll gripe and complain when the students test scores fall and kids aren't learning what they're supposed to.

[bones40]

The Dems are showing their true colors. The politicians in Wisconsin are now getting death threats from the radical left.