Comments on: Teachers, district near negotiations showdown http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/02/20/teachers-district-near-negotiations-showdown/ Ramona's Community Paper Since 1886 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Tim http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/02/20/teachers-district-near-negotiations-showdown/#comment-638201 Tim Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:41:30 +0000 http://www.ramonasentinel.com/?p=21201#comment-638201 The teachers have not taken any raises over the last five years, not even a cost of living raise. The reason the teachers agreed to a smaller salary was so that they could continue receiving their benefits. Also you have your information about teachers not giving backwards. Graeff continues to push for his last offer which is class sizes of 35:1 ratio for K-12, 8%, this year and 9% the following two years and no due process rights for the teachers. The teachers have tried to meet Graeff, but up until fact finding he remained steadfast. Prior to fact finding the teachers had made offers of compromise to Graeff, which he turned down. The teachers have not taken any raises over the last five years, not even a cost of living raise. The reason the teachers agreed to a smaller salary was so that they could continue receiving their benefits.
Also you have your information about teachers not giving backwards. Graeff continues to push for his last offer which is class sizes of 35:1 ratio for K-12, 8%, this year and 9% the following two years and no due process rights for the teachers. The teachers have tried to meet Graeff, but up until fact finding he remained steadfast. Prior to fact finding the teachers had made offers of compromise to Graeff, which he turned down.

]]> By: big bird http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/02/20/teachers-district-near-negotiations-showdown/#comment-633906 big bird Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:04:10 +0000 http://www.ramonasentinel.com/?p=21201#comment-633906 can you write an error-free sentence? can you write an error-free sentence?

]]> By: Parent of a Senior http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/02/20/teachers-district-near-negotiations-showdown/#comment-633800 Parent of a Senior Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:49:52 +0000 http://www.ramonasentinel.com/?p=21201#comment-633800 I hear that the teachers have not been willing to compromise at all. They have not given an inch. Having to deal with the school a lot this year due to my kid is a Senior, I think the teachers really need to get in touch with the real world. In the public sector, I have to pay a portion of my healthcare and my family. It is not cheap. I was floored when I found out that the teachers and their families get FREE healthcare. Given today's economy they should be happy that they have a job. For those teachers that want to leave, go for it. Good luck to you in finding a district to hire you. Not many schools are hiring right now. Even if you do get a job, you will no longer have tenure so you will be let go first. The district has cut so many programs for the students and now the teachers are going to walk out in the middle of a school year. Who suffers? Our students, the very ones that the teachers are so concerned about. Thankful that my kid is graduating (hopefully if the school year is finished) and I am done with K-12 school system. I hear that the teachers have not been willing to compromise at all. They have not given an inch. Having to deal with the school a lot this year due to my kid is a Senior, I think the teachers really need to get in touch with the real world. In the public sector, I have to pay a portion of my healthcare and my family. It is not cheap. I was floored when I found out that the teachers and their families get FREE healthcare. Given today's economy they should be happy that they have a job.

For those teachers that want to leave, go for it. Good luck to you in finding a district to hire you. Not many schools are hiring right now. Even if you do get a job, you will no longer have tenure so you will be let go first.

The district has cut so many programs for the students and now the teachers are going to walk out in the middle of a school year. Who suffers? Our students, the very ones that the teachers are so concerned about.

Thankful that my kid is graduating (hopefully if the school year is finished) and I am done with K-12 school system.

]]> By: Teacher http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2013/02/20/teachers-district-near-negotiations-showdown/#comment-633760 Teacher Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:08:33 +0000 http://www.ramonasentinel.com/?p=21201#comment-633760 Jon Stephens doesn't know what he's taliking about. The teachers has offered the most (only) compromise and movement in the process. The adminstration forced negotiations into fact finding because they absoutely refuse to give. Jon Stephens doesn't know what he's taliking about. The teachers has offered the most (only) compromise and movement in the process. The adminstration forced negotiations into fact finding because they absoutely refuse to give.

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