- Nov 9, 2000
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This concerns the school district where my wife teaches. Two months ago the district laid off 17 teachers due to budget cuts. These were 16 non-tenured and 1 tenured position. Back in April all of these non-tenured teachers were sent letters stating they were re-hired which is standard until the teacher gets tenured. During budget talks it was determined that to balance the budget 17 teachers would be cut. Letters were sent out to these teachers.
In the past two weeks 3 minority teachers were hired.
Story from newschannel5.com
Apparently the local NAACP got the national NAACP to do s study and release a report. 21% of the students are minorities where only 6% of the teachers are.
Didn't the supreme court just side with the firefighters who got higher test scores than their minority counterparts but were denied promotions?
Now the pressure is on the county to seemingly hire hispanic teachers. Whatever happended to hiring based on qualifications?
In this school district teachers must wait 3 years before getting tenure. It is my fear that no matter what these minority new hires do... they will not have to worry about not getting tenure. This procedure is used to filter out people who should really be teaching. You think with the NAACP watching the school board dare send out a letter saying the teaching won't be rehired for a second year?
My wife is a recent hire and we sure sweated this round of layoffs.. luckily she is 1/8th Cherokee so maybe she would have been rehired anyway.
In the past two weeks 3 minority teachers were hired.
Story from newschannel5.com
Apparently the local NAACP got the national NAACP to do s study and release a report. 21% of the students are minorities where only 6% of the teachers are.
Didn't the supreme court just side with the firefighters who got higher test scores than their minority counterparts but were denied promotions?
Now the pressure is on the county to seemingly hire hispanic teachers. Whatever happended to hiring based on qualifications?
In this school district teachers must wait 3 years before getting tenure. It is my fear that no matter what these minority new hires do... they will not have to worry about not getting tenure. This procedure is used to filter out people who should really be teaching. You think with the NAACP watching the school board dare send out a letter saying the teaching won't be rehired for a second year?
My wife is a recent hire and we sure sweated this round of layoffs.. luckily she is 1/8th Cherokee so maybe she would have been rehired anyway.