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To: BWAC who wrote (243978)	4/13/2010 3:05:16 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

As usual, services are cut. After an attempt to raise taxes fails. Then some nippling around the edges. Accross the board Roll back of salaries to save jobs and student/teacher ratios never seems to be an option. Only layoffs for the un tenured'. Administrators have themselves walled into ivory towers. that's where I'd cut and lay off.

To: BWAC who wrote (243978)	4/13/2010 4:44:45 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 306849

Thank you for bringing a little reality to the discussion.

To: BWAC who wrote (243978)	4/13/2010 5:12:45 PM
From: ajtj99	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 306849

Forgive me if my heart doesn't bleed for those public school teachers who can teach for 25-years and retire and have the public pay them so they can sit on the beach for 30-years. Forgive me if I mention I don't see the union teachers giving back anything they've negotiated to help those kids' education. My kids are in a charter school. They have 26-28 kids in each class. The school has a lottery for entrance. The school out performs nearly every school in half our state. The staff has a turnover of about 10% per year. Some leave due to relocation of family, some leave to start a family. Others are let go because they do not meet performance standards. It is non-union. The teachers work at school each day 8 hours with a half hour lunch. There is no teachers lounge. Often times they tutor during recess and also after school. They also take turns monitoring during lunch recess. They also communicate with parents during recess and lunch breaks as well as other times during the day. Of course, they need to grade things at home. This morning we got e-mail answers before the start of school from two of our kids' teachers. One was at 7:19AM and the other was at 7:27AM. A third came at 8:47AM. They were in response to e-mails my wife sent at 11:18PM last night. There is a waiting list to teach at this school as well. A typical US teacher anywhere works about 190 days out of the year while the rest of the US population must work about 240 days. That means a teacher would need to put in 50-plus hours of actual work every week they work just to be doing what everyone else takes for granted they need to do at their full time job. Public school and union teachers need a wake up call. The gravy train is ending.