It seems to me that Jeffrey Consetino’s reply to my husband’s rebuttal regarding public school teachers and their union, and his endless harangue, is caused by too much listening to radio stations like 101.5 and other ta
Helen Izzo, Hillsborough
Teachers, whether in public or private schools, are terminated for reasonable causes just like private sector employees. Teachers of every sort are observed annually to see that they have retained strong teaching skills.
Their pay can be affected by failure to perform satisfactorily. Their position may also end on that basis.
Public school teachers do not, however, negotiate their own individual contracts of employment. This would be disadvantageous to a school system such as Hillsborough to have 800 to1,000 individual contracts.
Mr. Consentino should name the districts he claims have raised salaries thousands of dollars, and should be happy that this has not happened in Hillsborough, where we both pay taxes.
As far as extra pay for extra work, the entire union population of teachers is under the same umbrella.
That umbrella does not differ from the private sector individualized contract, in that extra work means extra remuneration. Professional public sector employees who obtain overtime pay for extra work are politically-appointed project managers who are outside the civil service contracts negotiated by professional public sector unions.
Voters need to make politicians reign in their cronies. Taxes would go down.
Lastly, it has occurred to many, that poverty stricken persons must frequently work long hours at several low paying jobs to make ends meet. These families receive my charitable assistance.
Those professionals who choose to have a contract that requires continual work weeks of 70 hours are doing so out of modernism’s requirement that over-consumption be placed before every other concern.
Sadly, they should be more concerned with charitable deeds and giving, instead of hardened, thoughtless hearts.