Comments on: Budget deal saves child care spots, averts school aide layoffs

By: Deborahspann123

Deborahspann123 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:11:00 +0000

what about the school aides the lay off in oct.7,2011.We want our jobs back to help take care of our families.Its just not fair.They gave us this mess up deal for unemploment of 196.00 dollars a week,what is that to take care of your family,you have to save two weeks to paid any kind of bill.Come on,they should did better than that.THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID US OUT FOR THE SUMMER TO.If their is a cry out i am in we were left out with no word of ever coming back to work.WHAT DO WE DO.,someone help us school aides who was lay of OCT.7,2011.HEY BLLOM BERG HOW WILL YOU FEEL WHEN YOU CANT DO ANYTHING WITH YOUR CHILDREN FOR THE SUMMER.DO YOU REALLY CARE.

By: Mr. Flerporillo

Mr. Flerporillo — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:03:00 +0000

Yes, it’s terrible that these after-school spots weren’t eliminated.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:39:00 +0000

They are all so proud of themselves!!! Hooray for us we saved the day!!! UGH!!!! Isn’t there an election coming? And who wants to run??? Can’t stand the lot of them.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:11:00 +0000

A “retiree health fund” was set up to pre-fund retirement benefits, so the deal retirees get — unlimited benefits at unlimited cost — would not bankrupt the city. It was funded in good times. But all that money was spent balancing the budget in the past few years. But nobody said “boo” about it. As for your raise, your
total compensation has soared at a time when most people are becoming worse off, forcing those less powerful to pay higher taxes for less in education services. But all the increase has been in retroactively enhanced pension benefits, which is exactly what the union wanted.

Not feeling grateful, lucky, and willing to work harder to make up for classroom cuts because of the huge increase in what other people are paying you – because you only get it later when you are not working? That just shows the extent to which the children have been screwed by having that pay increase hidden the way it was.

By: SOC STUDIES

SOC STUDIES — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:57:00 +0000

I heard our health fund set up to combat rising health care costs has been dipped into NYC for something. Was it this? I would love my teachers choice back! WHere is our contract and were is our raise?

http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/06/22/how-an-australian-company-won-the-top-spot-in-teacher-training/

100 million to 3rd party consultants who in my experience have contributed nothing to the growth of my teaching practice.

By: GUest

GUest — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:27:00 +0000

Did we give up Teache’s Choice again?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:55:00 +0000

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