In New York’s Suburbs, Teachers Feel Budget Ax

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Teachers are giving up raises in at least five Long Island districts, including Brentwood, where the 1,400 teachers will also take individual pay cuts of $900 that will be repaid to them without interest when they leave or retire.

Teachers are facing a wage freeze in 44 of the 69 Connecticut districts that reached new teacher contracts this year, something virtually unheard of in a state where the average raise has been about 2.5 percent.

And in Pelham and Scarsdale, two places in Westchester County that have long been synonymous with well-paid teachers, they voted to reopen their contracts and shave off a portion of their scheduled raises.

Such concessions come amid threats of widespread layoffs, state and local government budget cuts and insistent public calls that teachers make sacrifices in a tough economy.

Thought this was just another article about school cuts until I read this part:

In New York State, where school budget elections will be held next week, Long Islanders for Educational Reform, a citizens’ group, has started Operation Rollback to oppose budgets in districts that did not freeze either teachers’ wages or school taxes.

“We deserve a tax break and the kids deserve to keep their programs more than the teachers need a raise,” said Fred Gorman, one of the group’s founders.

[Tansy_Gold]

1. New Jersey, too

My son-in-law teaches junior high social studies. The two full-time SS teachers may be "cut" and replaced with three part-timers.

But the rich are happy!



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Tansy Gold

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2. thank god obama and the d ems in congress have 100's of billions for war war and more war nt

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3. They are not and will not be the only ones - thats what happens when a state owes money