Happy first day of school! I hate school buses, in case anyone cares. Especially when the darling little bus riders are late for their bus.
Happy first day of school, unless you live in the Bellevue school district. Your teachers are on strike, your summer vacation has been extended and likely next year's summer will be shorter. Hats off to your teachers. In my opinion, celebrities should be making minimum wage while our teachers make millions a year. But that's not the point.
The point is:
(climbing onto soap box)
Why are the teachers striking today? The Bellevue School district has known since June (mind you) that if a new contract wasn't reached by today, teachers would be striking today. Why did it take all summer for them to begin negotiations when the simple answer was to negotiate a new contract at the end of the last school year? Hmm? Riddle me that Batman...
(tripping off soap box)
I am finished.
That is all.
2 comments:
Because the district piddled around until it was too late. SOOOOO annoying. Trust me, we'd much rather be in the classroom teaching than walking 15,000 (literally 15,000) steps all day.
This happened in Moses Lake last year, but we didn't strike. I'm thinking it's a negotiating tactic of some sort. In the end, the administrators get paid regardless of whether or not the teachers are in the classroom. I've been told of negotiating sessions where the agenda has been set the talking points known and the union reps show up ready to talk, but the district is unprepared. Not okay.
I'm no fan of unions, especially my own, but I think that the public, at times, is really too hard on the NEA/WEA. I hope BEA gets what they want...
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