I hear you. Teaching should be first and foremost about the
kids, but tragically it isn't, and the kids are the ones who
are suffering.

I for one may never return to the field. I had such a rotten
experience at the school district which threw me out on trumped
up charges so they could cheat me out of my retirement
benefits, I have serious doubts I would ever go back to public
education.

On 4/20/09, teach1234 wrote:
> The North Slope mismanagement is an example of why
> teaching is so unsatisfying. Yes, the board should fire
> the upper management. However, this board also hired the
> last super (who bailed in February, leaving his district
> behind) with the full knowledge that he had quit an
> elected school super position for the state of WY halfway
> through his term. I have done half a dozen years in the
> Bush now, had a great time, but calling it quits in part
> because of the shenanigans of boards and administrators
> who play games. And that's exactly what it is--a game.

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