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Minneapolis may lay off 220 teachers. There were two reasons given in the article. 50 were due to a year's worth of federal money was at an end. These teachers were being paid without a having a consistent source of revenue. The second reason was the expected loss of 3,000 students. And what was the response from the Louise Sundin, president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. She blamed cuts and layoffs on legislators for not increasing per-pupil school aid. Clearly Ms. Sundin does not teach critical thinking skills as she only has one response for every situation. The school board does not seem to want much responsibility for the teaching staff. "The concept of contracting with the Teachers Federation to train and supply teachers to the district got the greatest interest from board members. Under this option, individual schools would deal with the union for their staffing needs, and teachers that the school didn't want to retain could return to a union hiring hall for another posting." I guess teachers are nothing more than interchangeable pegs. They must be feeling proud after reading this column. How can more money fix thinking like this? Tom Searles Waconia, Twp. 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
