I suspect that the school board authorized Jennings to withhold step and lane pay increases from teachers as a bargaining ploy to pressure teachers to accept the district's "pay for performance" scheme. The "pay for performance" merit pay is tied to completion of the teacher training the district wants all teachers to get.
The union membership ratified a collective bargaining agreement that gave teachers the option to get pay increases according to a step and lane schedule or to take merit pay. About 2 out of 3 teachers chose to stick with the step and lane schedule. Eliminating the step and lane schedule and conversion to the merit pay is unlikely to save the district any money, unless a large number of teachers opt for advanced education and training that isn't recommended by the district. I think that teachers should be encouraged to get whatever kind of advanced education and training they think will do them the most good. There's no money for teachers, but there's enough to pay Jennings $125,000 per year and provide him with a golden parachute. And I'm sure that there is no way that the board would dare to roll back the fat pay increases it gave to its many highly compensated administrators. -Doug Mann REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
