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Portola Valley teachers oppose furlough plan
Original post made on Jun 19, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, June 18, 2012, 7:16 PM
Comments
Posted by Editor
a resident of Atherton: Lloyden Park
on Jun 19, 2012 at 12:27 pm
a resident of Atherton: Lloyden Park
on Jun 19, 2012 at 12:27 pm
You might want to fix the "typo?" in your headline...
Editor's note: Thanks.
Posted by Another fact to fix
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jun 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jun 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm
might also want to fix the part about prior salary "freezes" - teachers receive something called step and column automatically EVERY YEAR. about 2-3%/year. This is IN ADDITION to any "cola" increases.
Posted by Reginald Matrix
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm
To "Another"........don't make assumptions.....the "freeze" mentioned could very well apply to step and column increases; in fact that's what it usually means. And, BTW, not all teachers benefit from the annual step and column; only the younger and mid-career teachers do. Just FYI.
Posted by Chutzpah and Hubris
a resident of another community
on Jun 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm
a resident of another community
on Jun 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm
It seems audacious to say the least that the school administration, after turning decidedly anti-teacher after Anne Campbell's departure, would cut students and teachers from 10 days of learning and teaching to remedy a situation that it created through its own hubris!
According to the administrations own budget documents, teacher salaries are about 50% of the total budget. I understand that everyone in the community should play a part- but cutting so deeply from the actual purpose of the education system?
With 50% of the budget not involving the actual teacher in the classroom with students learning, I would say there is plenty of pork to cut...
Strange priorities when the school cuts learning to save money.
