Again, district officials say the MPS budget for 2004-2005 called for "the
reduction of more than 600 teachers." Yet the 2004-2005 budget calls for 210
fewer full time teacher positions than the 2003-2004 budget.
It is also noteworthy that the district reassigned 140 high-seniority
elementary teachers in order to preserve the jobs of 92 elementary teachers with
tenure (and less seniority), according to the press release.
The objective of the realignment process was to realign high-seniority
teachers out of their jobs, not to save the jobs of any tenured teachers.
Moreover, the district is doing a whole lot more teacher reshuffling than is
necessary, and the supplementary teacher reshuffling was not done with the informed
consent of the affected teachers, which is a violation of the teacher tenure
act, in my opinion.
Also see:
Response to Ross Taylor re: Special Ed teacher qualifications & realignment
http://members.tripod.com/educationright/id370.htm
I will attempt to speak during "delegations" at the board meeting today.
-Doug Mann, King Field
Mann for School Board web site
www.educationright.com
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