Re: SC to suspend National Board stipend??

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On 1/19/09, luv2teach wrote:
> Go ahead and finish it. According to the Governor's proposal (Pg. 82 bottom
of page), he is in favor of continuing the National Board stipend for those
who are currently either certified or those who are currently working on their
certification. While the state Legislature still has to approve the annual
stipend each year, the plug hasn't been totally pulled on the National Board
stipend. The only issue with the stipend this year is the budget crisis. It
would be a shame for you to go ahead and withdraw and then miss out on the
stipend----- plus, wouldn't you have to pay back the $2,500 you borrowed from
Cerra. org to apply? > Need advice! I am currently an NBPTS candidate. Should
I just pay the $500
> fee and withdraw? Or go through with it>
>
>
> On 12/20/08, Kimberly Miles wrote:
>> On 12/20/08, frustrated wrote:
>>> On 12/16/08, Soon to be former SC teacher. wrote:
>>>> I can't believe the state is going to freeze teacher pay. They
>>>> can do this because there is no UNION!!!!!! Teachers should be
>>>> looking to strike! I just moved here from Illinois and my family
>>>> might move back at the end of the school year. I took a large pay
>>>> cut anyway to teach in SC. The school system is not that great
>>>> here to begin with. So with these "cuts" or "freezes" I do not
>>>> feel comfortable putting my children through South Carolina school
>>>> system.
>>>
>>> Cuts and freezes are the least of anyone's concerns regarding putting
>>> a kid into the system in this state. Teachers here will not look to
>>> strike. They are complacent. Look at this board, then look at
>>> boards for other states. No one posts here. Maybe it is something in
>>> the water, but there is NO emphasis on learning OR education in this
>>> state, and teachers are happily content to be stomped upon. I would
>>> leave if I could. Anyone living here ought to beg, borrow and steal
>>> to get their kids into private school.
>>
>> It could very well be something in the water, perhaps the flouride. Go
>> and do a search on flouride so that you can see what its side effects
>> are. I believe you will find your search on this to be pretty
>> interesting.I am a first year teacher, therefore, this cut came as a
>> surprise to me and it upset me. Just because I did not come on this site
>> and post how upset I was does not mean that we did not address our
>> concern about this with our school district.I hardly think that
>> qualifies as being complacent.

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