PWCS Teachers Threaten to Work to the Rule
February 12, 2012 — pwceducationreformThe Washington Post is reporting that PWC teachers have threatened to Work to the Rule to protest the district’s proposed budget. Under Work to the Rule, teachers will only work the hours that they are obligated to work, according to their contract. At the elementary level, that means teachers will arrive 15 minutes before the school day begins and depart 15 minutes after the school day ends. Teachers will participate in extra-curricular activities they are paid to participate in or coach, like baseball or textbook adoption, but will not participate in clubs or activities for which they are not paid, like field trips that begin before the work day is scheduled to start.
This protest is over the Superintendent’s proposed budget which does not allow for increases in teacher pay for the next 3 school years. Teachers have stated that this is unacceptable and will undermine student learning as teachers