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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:50 AM
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Providence plans to pink slip all teachers
PROVIDENCE — The school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders up in arms. In a letter sent to all teachers Tuesday, Supt. Tom Brady wrote that the Providence School Board on Thursday will vote on a resolution to dismiss every teacher, effective the last day of school.

In an e-mail sent to all teachers and School Department staff, Brady said, “We are forced to take this precautionary action by the March 1 deadline given the dire budget outline for the 2011-2012 school year in which we are projecting a near $40 million deficit for the district,” Brady wrote. “Since the full extent of the potential cuts to the school budget have yet to be determined, issuing a dismissal letter to all teachers was necessary to give the mayor, the School Board and the district maximum flexibility to consider every cost savings option, including reductions in staff.” State law requires that teachers be notified about potential changes to their employment status by March 1.

“To be clear about what this means,” Brady wrote, “this action gives the School Board the right to dismiss teachers as necessary, but not all teachers will actually be dismissed at the end of the school year.”


http://www.projo.com/news/content/providence_teacher_layoffs_02-23-11_MCML6R3_v17.1a1cc6d.html


The Providence Teachers' Union President had the best response:

"“This is beyond insane,” Providence Teachers Union President Steve Smith said Tuesday night. “Let’s create the most chaos and the highest level of anxiety in a district where teachers are already under unbelievable stress. Now I know how the United States State Department felt on Dec. 7 , 1941.”
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:53 AM
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1. Good grief! This is crazy! What is the strategy here, to create as many brush fires
as possible, so many distractions, so many fights, that the Dem's burn out??
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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:57 AM
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2. Dog catcher may be the senior elected republicn in RI.
This wouldn't be part of some GOP agenda.
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txlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 08:44 AM
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3. "After firing all school administrators we have to begin firing teachers"
Unless that email began with "Due to the dire budget situation we have had to fire all school board members, Principals, Vice Principals (and remove all their pensions and benefits) and have replaced them with __________" then... THIS IS TOTAL BS.

When you fire all the teachers... YOU ARE NO LONGER A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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