Reply #13: Yes, the blame [View All]

[TallahasseeGrannie]

really also has to be shared by timid administrators. However, it is virtually impossible in my district to get rid of a tenured teacher.

Now, have I USED that concept? You better believe it! But I'm a good teacher.

Do you think perhaps the process set up via collective bargaining is too rigorous for the district?

Now, having asked that, I'll also say I am well aware of the need for tenure, given the fact that we evaluate children and it is not unheard of for parents to go after us when we give poor grades. That, and the school board member's wife really likes YOUR job!

As with everything else, balance.

But I pay my dues and guess over the years I've paid about 15 grand.

The unions were much stronger up north, however, than down here.