It's a very unfortunate and deplorable situation. The schools are not funded to hire qualified teachers, by educational background or temperament. These people should never have been in a classroom in the first place. Moreover, funding to individual schools is in part dependent on capitation, they get more money if they can handle more students within their current staffing limits. It's seen as 'productivity.' Students in disability programs are prized because they bring in additional funding through entitlement programs.
The Unions, therefore, find themselves in an impossible situation: defend members who are unqualified in the first place (The Unions don't decide on the qualifications, the schools do) or start doing the job of administration that the schools themselves are incapable of doing. Remember that the teacher in question has been certified fit to teach by the school and numerous time through supervisory observation. (These personnel are not teachers and not represented by the teacher unions). Imagine what would happen if, as a defense, the teacher in question argued that she was being singled out for punishment when the remaining staff were not subject to the same scrutiny. Neither the union nor the school system will ever allow this to happen. .... so there's much more for this parent to be irate about than the teachers and aides who were directly involved. He should sue. If enough parents did this, it would eventually become cheaper to fix this problem rather than bury it, which is what would be accomplished if this teacher were successfully scapegoated. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > The New Jersey's Teachers Union at it's best > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> > To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:21 PM > Subject: [OT] Dad wires autistic kid to spy on teachers > > Hi Everybody, > > Doesn't like the way teachers talked to his kid > > http://www.cafemom.com/articles/big_kid/136582/dads_horrifying_undercover_recordings_catch > > What do you-all think? > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cafuu78dcbbl7sxkpwlmposxkg6yzvb2azrcmtoubprdmc_4...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
