The Morning Call has an article on the situation Easton has found itself in financially and uses it as the basis to discuss how the recession may impact schools (read it here). Specifically it notes that teacher reductions could be a reality.
I'd suggest before cutting teachers, some other options first be explored, such as reducing overhead, cutting administrative positions, restructuring salary and benefits, and pretty much anything else to ensure the last item impacted is the classroom.
Maybe this is a good time to discuss our public school system in general, I think most of us would agree it needs an overhaul.
What do you think?
2 comments:
NASD should be doing everything in its power to cut what they can.
For starters, put a complete stop to any new spending unless it is critical to student or faculty safety (and cameras on campus don't count).
We can also cut the number of administrators. They keep asking teachers to do more with less, so why shouldn't they?
As for the teachers, it is time to re-visit the recent contract. Let's face facts, the economy is in the toilet, and the tax increases that will be needed to pay salary increases each year could make the difference between someone keeping or losing their home.
Failing that, time to start cutting teachers. Maybe only then will they see the reality of what is happening to the rest of the country and maybe give up a little in order to keep their jobs.
There is a lot of fat in our district, probably a lot that we don't know about. It is better to cut it now before it compounds the problem and forces even deeper, more drastic cuts.
And no more cronyism and nepotism, hiring friends and lovers of teachers from other districts at their current contract levels. Hire them new, train them, and let them earn their way up the ladder.
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