I haven’t been able to get a copy of the press release yet, but I have it on good authority that District 150 has declared an impasse in their negotiations with the Peoria Federation of Teachers and plans to implement changes to the teachers’ contract beginning December 18. More details to follow.
UPDATE: The Journal Star has their article up now. Of note, the union is not threatening to strike yet, but it remains a possibility. Also, this:
Both sides also possess dissenting views on several core items, including salary, class size, tuition reimbursement and a longer school day, according to a statement issued Thursday by the school district. […]
On Dec. 18, the last day of school before the holiday break, the district plans to implement its proposal that includes no pay cuts but salary freezes, would limit reimbursement to teachers for taking additional college courses as well as which courses they could take, and essentially gives the district the ability to determine how many teachers they would employ.
I see the school district is back on the “longer school day is better” bandwagon. Huh. It was only last year that the district argued for shorter school days. Does that mean they’re admitting they were wrong to reduce the school day last year? It looks that way to me.
I heard the same.
Well with the over-inflated administration on Wisconsin Ave., it is no doubt they have no money for teachers. Don’t even get me started on Hinton. Retired early for health reasons? Hope he is enjoying his trip to Germany to pick up his new BMW. Oh, wait, maybe he is there so he isn’t HERE (have to read more into that one). Guess he wanted a BMW to match Mary Davis’s. Speaking of, well now, 3 months out opf the office to the tune of $30,000, I just know the taxpayers love paying her for staying home (not to mention the sub taking over for her). Edison should have been gone 5 years ago. Funny, years ago they couldn’t afford Reading Recovery, so they just dropped it like a hot potato after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to train teachers at ISU. This district is in financial straits because of Ken Hinton…..to the tune of almost 9 million dollars, so far. Does anyone in their right mind, even the BOE believe this is the fault of the teachers? NO, but we will be the ones to pay while Hinton sits home and collects his 200K a year in retirement benefits. He is literally being rewarded for bankrupting this school district. FOR SHAME! My strike sign is ready and waiting…….
don’t tell–How right you are! This administration has jumped on every bandwagon that came to town–and paid and paid and paid for programs and then they never bother to evaluate the programs to discover that they have accomplished nothing but to put the district in the hole. Yes, the teachers will be blamed and will pay dearly for this overspending for which neither they nor the students have benefited.
The teachers have no choice but to picket. The administrators continue to screw up and might as well continue to screw the taxpayers. The triple administration that District 150 has needs to be lobbed off. There is no correlation between closing schools and the increasing top heavy administrators. That district continues to pay thieves while they sit at home collecting $9,000 per month while facing multi million dollar lawsuits. Close a high school, grade schools, but not yet a thought was given to trimming the administration. It is mind boggling but yet they continue with the top heavy administration. How about another lawsuit from the taxpayers to get rid of that administration and the board members. A complaint needs to be filed for malfeasence. Sometimes it does take a lawsuit, a strike, and yes there could be a lot of heartache on both sides, to solve a fiasco. Just remember it is all about “THE CHILDREN”. What is the most amazing thing is that a board president with only a high school diploma can dictate to teachers with masters, plus do in his or her classroom and thus determine the education for the good of “THE CHILDREN. STUNNING!!! FYI: Bernie Madoff was finally found out too.
Now would be the perfect time to strike. You know, when unemployment is nearly 12% in the Peoria area, when the city just eliminated 69 positions, when the PFT president makes over $100k/yr, when the district just ran a deficit of nearly $9MM last year – go ahead, add up Edison, Johns Hopkins, all of Wisconsin Ave and you don’t come close to $9MM, but now is the time to strike. That’s not to say teachers, the union, etc. are solely to blame for the financial woes – hardly – but I don’t think you have much leverage right now. Better yet, continue to talk about Hinton’s BMW or whatever, but please do strike now.
I’m no fan of the administration. But that doesn’t mean the sun automatically shines out of the teacher’s union butt either.
When PJS reporter Dave Haney wrote his article this week he started it off with “An unrealistic budget…”. Furthermore, the headline was misleading saying it was an $8.9 shortfall, yet in the the text he revealed that the Operations and Maintenance had a positive balance, but only because of a one time transfer of $5 million from an investment account. For those readers not into accounting that REALLY means King Hinton really lost $13.9 million in his last FULL fiscal year (08-09 ended 6-30-09)! You also need to wonder how much more he blew in the 5 months in the 09-10 fiscal year! Both budgets obviously authored and presented to the BOE by him were unrealistic budgets! I still have to wonder why the audit was presented Monday night at a BOE Meeting of the Whole vs. in a public forum on Monday, December 14, that would be televised. Is that damage control now being practiced by the interim superintendent or the BOE?
Its hard to take the teachers seriously when their union prez has been buddies with Hinton & gone on road trips with him, courtesy of yours truly the taxpayer. Makes over $100,000 a year and double dips just like the rest of them – but all for the kids. Blech. The PFT shot themselves in the foot when they elected that one. What a mess. Get rid of the lot and start over.
I stand united with my union president and union brothers and sisters!
Just a bit of an aside–but relevant. When I first saw Hinton’s dream for green space surrounding the new Harrison and Glen Oak, I wondered who in the world was going to maintain (and pay for) the landscaping. I just heard this week that 150 tried to con the Park District into taking over the maintenance of the landscaping at both schools. I heard the Park District refused. Do you think we will see an eyesore of weeds instead of beautiful flowers and trees? Has anyone else heard this story? With regard to negotiations, if the administration gets its way, count on District 150’s classrooms being overcrowded (especially in the high schools with the closing of Woodruff). I know that many believe that class sizes are down, but the class sizes for the 248 classes of English and social studies in all four high schools are:
Out of 248 classes:
48% (121) of the classes have 25 or more students.
(98 of the 248 classes have 26 or more students).
32% (79) of the classes have from 20-24 students.
19% (48) of the classes have 19 or fewer students.
So 80% of the classrooms have 20 or more students. Can’t you just imagine what Peoria High’s classes will look like next year?
Just read on pjstar.com that D150 plans to implement its plan for a salary freeze. How criminal! Of course, the CPI (inflation) is negative 0.3% over the last year, so a salary increase would be for…the sake of giving a salary increase only, because the cost of living just went down the past year.
Oh sure, they also want to limit (not eliminate) reimbursement of college courses (which also leads directly to automatic pay raises) and their proposal “essentially gives the district the ability to determine how many teachers they would employ”. I mean, they may be facing further deficits, but how dare they think they should be able to determine how many teachers they employ!
Absolutely the time and the reason to strike!
Having just seen the article about how Princeville and Dunlap scored so well in the new U.S. News and World Report article….. and wondering how they do this with their teachers making less money and working longer hours than those teachers in D150….
oh, never mind…
“I stand united with my union president and union brothers and sisters”
And who stands united with our children?
There are always two sides to every issue. Too bad it wouldn’t be ethical for those directly involved in the negotiations to comment here to get a clearer picture of the views of each side. Too bad District 150 and Dunlap and other districts can’t work out an exchange program for teachers similar to foreign exchange programs for students. It would be interesting to see how much of a difference the teachers from the high performing districts would make in Peoria as well as the impact of the Peoria teachers on other districts. It would be interesting for the teachers to walk a mile in the others’ shoes.
Who stands with our children? Certainly, not 150 who will raise class sizes that will definitely not benefit your students. Mdd, may I invite you to get your teaching certificate and come to 150 to teach–then and only then will you understand. Jon, remember that teachers willingly took a wage freeze earlier and that the administration did, also. The only difference is that shortly thereafter the salary loss–and a raise–was restored to the administrators. Jon, just how miserable are you in your current employment? Also, the district demands that teachers take classes–that happened just before I left in 2005; therefore, there was a tremendous increase in the number of teachers who went back to school–because it was a demand.
In the past year, those who were fortunate enough to keep their jobs have experienced a salary freeze and cut in pay (no bonus). It would be nice to hear from others, but I’m not familiar with any employer who pays 100% of their employees’ insurance premiums. Tuition reimbursement is typically 80% for a C or above for courses relating to the job. People look at us like we have two heads when we tell them our kids go to D150. Our kids’ educational experience has exceeded our expectations, to say the least. Moving to another district or private school has always been an option, but frankly, we don’t know of another district that offers the programs, diversity, or academic opportunities our kids have been offered. We’ve talked with Dunlap, Washington, and Morton. Foreign languages top out at four years at those high schools and some don’t even offer the language our sophomore takes at 7th/8th year level.
jdarcy–I wonder how many Dunlap teachers were at one time District 150 teachers–I know of one Manual teacher that went to Dunlap. Maybe they are actually able to teach instead of handling the discipline problems that 150 does not adequately address in effective ways. Please remember that they are 150 schools that are performing quite well–even I fail to mention that often enough because of my zeal to convince 150 to address the problems in the other schools.
Seriously……can every single problem in District 150 be attributed to Ken Hinton??? It is time to build a bridge and get over it!
I am appreciative of the situation currently at hand. I think the teacher’s union has crafted some amazing contracts in the past – particularly in 1999 – thank you Mr. Knapp! Now that there’s a new sheriff in town, I don’t think the union will be able to be so lucky.
How soon people forget the $500/day consultants, the added administrators on Wisc. Avenue over the past several years, the thousands of wasted dollars for school board members to go out of town, the money wasted on the houses on Prospect, the wage freeze the teachers took in 2006, only to see the administration get retroactive salary increases, and on and on.
And for a side note when the district says they want to extend the school day that is WITHOUT STUDENTS. They want that for staff only meetings. My guess is teachers would prefer to actually TEACH KIDS if there is a longer day. That alone shows the twisted logic of Dist. #150
“Seriously……can every single problem in District 150 be attributed to Ken Hinton???”
It starts at the top!!
“Seriously……can every single problem in District 150 be attributed to Ken Hinton??? It is time to build a bridge and get over it!”
Hello??? He’s only been gone a week, but the devastation he left in his wake with the assistance of his Board of Education will take years to overcome. We’ll build that bridge.. but it will take time.
amen mawb!
I guess I’m old school because I still have a hard time understanding why having more than 20 students in a class is detrimental. We had 35 and 40 in our classes when I went to school and you learned. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. The teachers didn’t have a problem teaching or with discipline either. Nobody I know failed or repeated a grade. Why do they consider 25 students in a class to be too high? Are our children so dense that they can’t learn in a larger class?
Peoria Academy, one of the best if not the best private school in the area, has 24 students per class. Peoria public schools a failing because selfish fools are running the show from the top all the way down. Yep that includes greedy teachers who don’t seem to have any real desire to work. Sharon if things are so tough in Peoria why not get a job teaching in Morton. I suppose that the longer work hours, lower pay, and actually having to take responsibility for your students failure might keep you away.
Way to go Norm and the board…stand up to the teachers. It’s been a long time coming.
Oh to have been a teacher at D150 in 2000 when that teacher’s contract was signed. If I had a BA only and was in my first year of teaching experience, I’d have started out at a salary plus paid TRS pension worth $27,350. If I did nothing to increase my education, in the 2008-9 year I’d be at step 9 earning $43,043.83 – that’s a compounded annual increase of 5.2% – EVERY YEAR. If, however, I decided to get my Master’s Degree, paid for by the District, I’d be making $46,487.33, or a compounded annual increase of 6.1% every year for 9 years.
If I took a one year wage freeze now, my CAGR in compensation would STILL have been 4.6% every single year if I had a BA only. And if I got my MA, with the one year wage freeze, I’d still be at a 5.5% annual increase every year for 9 years.
Also, during roughly that same time, 99-08, the average family insurance premium increased by more than double – though that didn’t affect me much if any.
If on the other hand, I had been a teacher at D150 and was eligible for retirement, I’d get a 20% salary increase upon deciding to retire – so as to increase the pension I get from the state.
Absolutely, most teacher’s work long hours (far more than the minimum 6 1/2 per day and far more than 9 months/year) and most of those in D150 in particular teach under very difficult circumstances. But when it comes to compensation, put things in perspective and recognize the huge gains made since 2000 and hopefully most will agree that, even with a current proposed one year salary freeze, a minimum 4.6% annual increase every year since 2000 is hardly something to complain about.
Funny I keep hearing about finances on here, yet no one will comment on the mismanagement of funds by Dist. 150. And newsflash everyone, the 2000 contract is almost 10 YEARS OLD. At some point you need to move on and realize the dist. signed off on it, and has since mismanaged $ for years. Funny I dont hear many comment how the 2005 contract had a TEACHER WAGE FREEZE. Why not cite that as well? I will also say that no one is commenting on the real issue of Dist. 150 wanting teachers to work longer. 150 thinks that by offering meetings that is the difference maker, rather than keeping the students in school longer and allow teachers to work WITH THEM. Hey general public….how soon you forget that 150 even implemented a SHORTER SCHOOL DAY a few years ago, but the teachers fought against that. Just thinking, if there is a strike then that would open up spots for Jon, PS, mdd, etc… to cross the picket line and show the teachers how easy they really have it. Should be fun to see and I hope they come back and post on here how easy it was at Trewyn, Garfield, Harrison, Lincoln, Manual etc… Let us know!
Yes, the 2000 contract is almost 10 years old, but the ramifications haunt the district to this day. The 2005 wage freeze? I believe that’s included in the analysis I just did, in which the compensation from 2000 to 2009 STILL went up a minimum 5.2% each and every year. Mismanagement? Absolutely, which is why the district is now tackling its largest expense, which was mismanaged beginning in 2000.
Yes, “Professor”, let’s talk about the ONE hour every Wednesday the District is asking the teachers to work. You claim that won’t mean more class time for students? The point is to END the early release days – meaning more time for students in school.
No one claims it’s easy to teach at Trewyn et al – the point is that teachers are fairly well compensated already for doing it. It’s also their choice.
You want to talk about $500/day consultants etc. Yes, there are stupid things by the administration – but it’s peanuts compared to the increases teachers have had in compensation over the years. You seem to want to talk about everything but the 800 lb gorilla.
$27,500 starting pay for someone with a degree was not considered much before the economy tanked. Few other degrees force you into unpaid internships. (Unless of course you go to Eureka College and know a certain principal) Business and engineering, along wih most other internships, are paid. When my son graduated from college over ten years ago, his starting pay was around $50,000, almost double that of education. If your pay scale was based on how many classes you had under your belt, would you also not continue your education. It’s the way the system is set up. You can hardly blame teachers for that. It’s been that way as long as I can remember.
Also, what other employees actually use money from their own pocketbooks for work? In education, this is a common practice. If teaching is such a great job, why aren’t people clamoring at Dist 150 doors? It’s not easy, and when the public perceives teachers as the problem, it’s even harder.
Granted, as in any area, there are bad, good and better teachers, but which of you complaining about their salaries is willing to step up to the plate and teach?
Jon then please enlighten how teachers were paid prior to 2000 for reference. You cannot simply pick and choose what years you want to talk salary. Actually this is great, please let us know which school you are heading to to sub in the case of a strike. Put yourself in a school if there is a strike and back up your comments. If not shut up. You will have your chance to show how easy it is soon I believe. Hope to see him in person tackling the easy profession of teaching. Let us know Jon where you will be when you cross the picket lines and show us how easy it really is. Talk is cheap, back it up and head to the classroom.
MAWB – sure teacher’s pay is less than many other professions, but as far as why there aren’t more “stepping up” to teach, the answer is quite simple – barriers to entry in the form of teacher certification based on required education courses. Those with the business and engineering degrees of whom you speak – not allowed to teach in a traditional public school – not unless they go BACK to school for another 1 1/2 – 2 years to get their certification. (Not so in a charter school, BTW)
Sure, as for getting paid more automatically because you take more classes, “it’s the way the system is set up” – but that system is, IMO, wrong.
How do you change it all? Incrementally it seems (or, in the case of Arizona you start with a state law that essentially prohibits tenure, for example). You add charter schools that work outside the current bureaucracy. In the case of D150, you freeze the current wages, stop reimbursing teachers for ANY class, etc.
Speaking of Eureka, I know some people in that district. They had a social studies position at the high school open over the summer. They got over 200 applicants in less than a week.
Michael, you don’t know what you’re talking about. “greedy teachers who don’t seem to have any real desire to work. Sharon if things are so tough in Peoria why not get a job teaching in Morton. I suppose that the longer work hours, lower pay, and actually having to take responsibility for your students failure might keep you away.”
Hogwash. I know many Dist. 150 teachers who work a ton of “overtime” – all unpaid.
I know many who would frankly love to get a job in Morton, but there are only so many jobs there. The pay is not lower, the hours are not longer, and the Morton administration actually supports the teachers. I know a 150 teacher who told me she had to threaten a principal with legal action to get a student who physcially assaulted her removed from her classroom. Oh, that’s right, it was her fault that she was assualted. BS, Michael. You got a job open in Morton, I’ll find you 10 Peoria teachers who will take it in 48 horus.
Why are you so angry, Professor? Who keeps saying teaching is easy? What are you offering in terms of discussion, other than trying to personalize the issue – telling me to teach or shut up?
First you tell me to “get over” the contract because it’s 10 years old, then you tell me to go back further and analyze teacher salaries?
I said earlier “the district just ran a deficit of nearly $9MM last year – go ahead, add up Edison, Johns Hopkins, all of Wisconsin Ave and you don’t come close to $9MM”.
Please, enlighten us as to how D150 can close that gap. Come on, what are you offering to the discussion other than personal attacks?
Peoria Academy is ‘good’ because they cherry pick.
Jon, why would you not reimburse for higher education? There are no stepping stones in teaching….. For example, at CAT you can be a level 19 to 32 (I’m sure these numbers aren’t accurate) and still be a marketing person, but you can only move up in teaching through furthering your education. I would think districts would welcome teachers willing to put the time into improving their skills.
MAWB – reimbursing is one thing – tying it to automatic pay increases is another. D150 is still offering to reimburse 3 semester hours at 100% and then at 70% beyond that. They also want to have approval over exactly what classes can be reimbursed (like private employers do now) so that teachers aren’t reimbursed for “walking” classes (yes, an extreme example given in the paper). Does that seem unreasonable?
Why does the additional education automatically equate to being worth more? I know you’ll love this example 🙂 , but does the fact that Mary Davis has her doctorate make her better/deserving of more $$ than if she didn’t?
Funny, too, that you used CAT as an example. You do know that, under the current financial strains, they chose to END all tuition reimbursement – at least for the time being. Also, at CAT, they don’t automatically increase your salary if you get additional education – for most it probably happens, but it’s not automatic.
Also, you said “you can only move up in teaching through furthering your education”. Isn’t that part of the problem?
FYI–the D150 FOIA request forms have been revised and updated in compliance with IL state law (copy costs after the first 50 are $.15 ea and CDs are $.25 ea). I’m happy to see they did this before the required Jan. 1 deadline.
Jon, you have me guffawing!!! I do see your point, education does not necessarily make you a better employee, but with standardized testing being so crucial how do you go about evaluating teachers? As we all know, teaching to test is not the answer. No system is perfect. If public education goes the route of private education, where an employee can get “laid off” just before retirement so the district does not have to endure that expense (which has happened in private education in this area), how is this fair? I do not know the answers to these questions. The task of reinventing Dist 150 seems almost overwhelming, though I do believe they need to reinvent themselves.
Yes, I heard CAT was not reimbursing tuition for the time being, but they have also been known to pay big money for certain fast trackers to attend “charm school” out East. That can’t be cheap!
SD–I taught 35-40 kids in the 1970s and early 1980s and didn’t complain. Obviously, you aren’t a teacher and do not understand the extent to which things have changed.
Michael, I’m 72, I retired at 67 and would never have traded my teaching experience at Manual for a job in Morton–too white for me, sorry. I do mean that though–my life was so enriched by the mixture of races at Manual during the really good times and even in the not-so-good times during the last 5 to 10 years of my 43-year career. I just don’t think the young teachers of today have the same good fortune that I had in my earlier years–to have a supportive administration.
MAWB: Thank you, I’m sure that many teachers appreciate your comments.
Mouse and the Professor–Thank you so much–I, too, want to see Jon in the classroom. Jon, I have concluded that you are just plain jealous–but you need not be. You can get your degree and be a teacher. Or maybe you’ll just settle for the Charter School where you will not have to prove that you can deal with the problems many 150 teachers face.
Ah yes, Sharon, I see that you, too, choose to personalize the discussion – try to make it about ME teaching or MY “jealousy” – because apparently no one but a teacher understands the issues?
I guess the same can be said about YOUR complaints against the administration – since you aren’t an administrator, you obviously have no clue – no right perhaps – to discuss what you think are the issues? You, too, can go back and get your degree to become an administrator – because obviously you must be “jealous” – and then show us all how it should be done? Is that how it works? Really?
Tell me, Sharon, is this the kind of discussion – personalizing the issues – that I should, if a teacher, want to teach my students?
By the way, Jon, I am going to agree when it’s possible. I do agree that some of the changes about paying for college work are justified. I do believe–to a point–that the district has the right to determine whether or not a class should be reimbursed. Jim and I have had this discussion. There are some courses that have been offered “just for teachers” which are not at all demanding. I took 3 of them myself in the years just before I retired. However, the courses do cover all the educational philosophies and methods that are currently the rage and the “miracle” cures that the administrators buy into themselves. Frankly, I think the current thinking is that subject-matter courses are not as important as these rinky-dink “how to teach” courses. Administrators might even approve them over the harder subject-matter courses. Also, I think the administration should allow teachers to take courses that are not in their own field. For instance, an English teacher could benefit from taking history courses, etc. Any learning–not matter what field–is important for a well-rounded teacher (an educated person). That’s the difference between work-related courses in business and courses that educators take. A teacher should be knowledgeable in many subjects–not in specialized courses of benefit only to a particular business.
Jon, when will I ever learn. I admit I am baffled by you. Also, there is nothing wrong with “being personal.” We all come to these issues with a “personal” bias. My bias is that of teacher–no apologies for that. Many people on this blog–by being personal–have helped me understand their point of view. I’m still trying to figure yours out. I’m sure that educators aren’t alone in their complaints about “bosses.” Teaching is just a bit different. Teachers and administrators within 150 often have close ties. For example, I taught Hannah and Simmons. (Have you ever heard me criticize either one of them)? No, you haven’t. Many of us have been colleagues with those who have become administrators. Terry Knapp taught with Hinton. I taught with Hinton’s brother Adrian–and Adrian is the reason that I really have soft-pedalled any criticism of Ken. My biggest bewilderment is how so many change when they move from teacher to administrator. They take on a whole different persona. I have almost concluded that the different focus or demands of the job make the change inevitable. Yes, I do understand the tough decisions that administrators have to make. I am not anti-administrator. Many have been my friends and colleagues.
Being personal to explain one’s opinion is one thing – being personal to try and attack or disparage someone is another matter altogether – IMO.
Also, methinks it advisable to try and set aside those personal biases – to try and understand the issue from the other party’s point of view.
You also taught Stowell, did you not? I think I may have seen you criticize him once or twice 🙂
What is IMO? I have seen others accuse bloggers of personal attacks for disagreeing. Passions run high. I try to disagree respectfully when necessary and I have learned a thing or two about D150 from hearing another’s point of view. Monday’s BOE agenda is long. It should be interesting.
Does Dist 150 not hire counselors??? Why are we being asked to pay more consulting fees?
9. AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENT WITH COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES–O’Brian Proposed Action: That the administration be authorized to enter into a contractual agreement with Counseling and Family Services to provide therapeutic respite program for our students who have been suspended.
The Youth Outreach program is located at United Methodist Church, I believe. I think it is good Dist 150 offers counseling, but aren’t we already paying counselors?
Jon – you are doing a great job of laying things out. Keep it up!
Jon needs a life LOL. I said earlier Jon and you didnt seem to comprehend, if the teachers go on strike you CAN cross the line and come into any school and sub. You like to talk alot, so back it up and start subbing if a strike occurs. Pretty simple. Really outside of about 20 bloggers most understand the full details of what is going on. And in reality most parents will too. Hey Jon boy only primary schools have the early out on wednesdays since your earlier comments didnt seem to reflect that.
Johnny also what the districts attorney forgot to mention in his statement to the paper was that quite a few upper administrators also took that one “walking” class which boosted them on the salary scale. Walk over to Wisc. Ave. on monday, put in your request and information to be a sub, show them your associates degree, and get started. It is sooo easy so we look forward to hearing your stories from subbing. You talk a big game, yet I havent seen you reply about backing up that talk and actually enter the teaching realm as a sub. Come on Johnny give it a try, it is easy. And since you seem to have a vast knowledge of the teaching profession and all its ins and outs, why not enlighten everyone here with YOUR job, salary, benefits, so that others can scrutinize your details. My guess is you are one of those people who likes to critique others but not provide your details. We will wait to see if you can really back up your talk….I wont hold my breath. Teachers stay strong, do not worry about the 20 or so know-it-all bloggers, who only criticize you. Wonder which administrator Jon is……
This quote was taken directly from a PJStar article dated August 13, 2009.
“It’s not a situation where teachers were getting paid for doing nothing,” Mary Davis, an academic officer for the district, said of the errors at many District 150 schools. Rather, there is “no checks and balance system,” Davis said.
And another:
She also stated that she was sorry that she left the new Lindbergh Principal with NO MONEY for the entire year. Davis’ words, I didn’t mean to leave you with no money, it just happened. But, as you know, it’s for the children……(Exhibit 1 of Whistleblower Lawsuit against Mary Davis)
So go ahead, keep blaming the teachers for this financial mess our esteemed superintendent left us in……..
8. DECLARE SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZE DISPOSITION–Schau
Proposed Action: That the Board of Education approves the declaration of the following surplus property and authorize its disposition through auction or other means:
Approximately 500 various Chinese language workbooks 2 boxes of posters and miscellaneous Chinese language materials
“Now why wouldn’t they keep Chinese language books?” says MAWB facetiously.