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PROVIDENCE The school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders up in arms.
In a letter sent to all teachers Tuesday, Supt. Tom Brady wrote that the Providence School Board on Thursday will vote on a resolution to dismiss every teacher, effective the last day of school.
In an e-mail sent to all teachers and School Department staff, Brady said, We are forced to take this precautionary action by the March 1 deadline given the dire budget outline for the 2011-2012 school year in which we are projecting a near $40 million deficit for the district, Brady wrote. Since the full extent of the potential cuts to the school budget have yet to be determined, issuing a dismissal letter to all teachers was necessary to give the mayor, the School Board and the district maximum flexibility to consider every cost savings option, including reductions in staff. State law requires that teachers be notified about potential changes to their employment status by March 1.
To be clear about what this means, Brady wrote, this action gives the School Board the right to dismiss teachers as necessary, but not all teachers will actually be dismissed at the end of the school year.
This is beyond insane, Providence Teachers Union President Steve Smith said Tuesday night. Lets create the most chaos and the highest level of anxiety in a district where teachers are already under unbelievable stress. Now I know how the United States State Department felt on Dec. 7 , 1941. That was the day the Japanese government bombed Pearl Harbor.
Providence plans to pink slip all teachers | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
They aren't being thrown under the bus. There is no way public employees should continue to receive bloated salarie s when there is no money. Our managers and front line workers have already taken income hits. It amusing that the very people who have voted rank and file for wildly expensive (and unnecessary) programs are also ones to scream the loudest when they have to help pay for those programs.
Wisconsin led the way with welfare reform; now they're going to do the same for education. It's about time.
Besides which, I'd rather have a history major with no empahsis in education teaching my kids than a teacher who has spent 4 years studying ways to EDUCATE instead of the subjects they teach, and who can't spell her own name.
-ing at what you think getting a teaching credential entails.
Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
Providence is a Republican city? That's news to me and everyone who lives there.
You do realize that they aren't getting rid of all the teachers, right?
Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
Providence is a Republican city? That's news to me and everyone who lives there.
You do realize that they aren't getting rid of all the teachers, right?
Ah, then all teachers AREN'T being pink slipped.....hmmmmm.
Providence is a Republican city? That's news to me and everyone who lives there.
You do realize that they aren't getting rid of all the teachers, right?
Ah, then all teachers AREN'T being pink slipped.....hmmmmm.
You know, if you read the article you wouldn't have to ask these questions.
I think unions need to be broken. They can come back later.
Besides which, I'd rather have a history major with no empahsis in education teaching my kids than a teacher who has spent 4 years studying ways to EDUCATE instead of the subjects they teach, and who can't spell her own name.
Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
If public education is so great and so vital to us as a nation, then why are all the winners of the spelling bees home schooled?Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
If public education is so great and so vital to us as a nation, then why are all the winners of the spelling bees home schooled?Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
Besides which, I'd rather have a history major with no empahsis in education teaching my kids than a teacher who has spent 4 years studying ways to EDUCATE instead of the subjects they teach, and who can't spell her own name.
That's a republican state?..........We have a republican president?Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
That's a republican state?..........We have a republican president?Don't you think it's delightful that we get rid of all the teachers?
America under Republicans!
My god, you are so stupid it's amazing
Here's something to keep your lil' feeble lesbian mind occupied, while those who actually have a brain discuss amongst themselves:
