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Does seniority still count in your district, or has it gone by the way of tenure?
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Broke FL Teacher Our union said that lawsuit is probably shot to h3ll because of how the FRS pension lawsuit went down (the ruling said they can't change what we already earned, but they can change the future by murdering the COL and requiring us to pay into the pension fund {hahaha, Ricky puts that $$ in the general fund} along with whatever they want to do next.)...See More
Apr 26, 2013
Broke FL Teacher On 4/17/13, wjs wrote: > My principal told me that this year, if there is to be a > reduction in force, it must go by the teachers' scores on their > evaluations and NOT by seniority.

I wonder how that affects teachers on leave? They wouldn't have VAM evaluations. My district allows up to 5 years of maternity leave (I knew a teac...See More
Apr 26, 2013
TKB Read through previous posts completely. Sure your district is currently using seniority. The previous post does not say they can't, but after 2014 school year, such use is in doubt.

> > I wonder how that affects teachers on leave? They wouldn't have VAM > evaluations. My district allows up to 5 years of maternity leave (I > kn...See More
Apr 29, 2013
Renee If teachers knew when they started what they know now....they would be nurses making $60K by now...

On 4/29/13, TKB wrote: > Read through previous posts completely. Sure your district is currently > using seniority. The previous post does not say they can't, but after > 2014 school year, such use is in doubt. > >> >&...See More
Apr 29, 2013
Broke FL Teacher On 4/29/13, Renee wrote: > > > If teachers knew when they started what they know now....they would be > nurses making $60K by now... > >

Yup. We care about our own health enough to pay nurses well, but we don't care enough about our children to pay their teachers well.
Apr 30, 2013


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