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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law:

Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law








What would the crusaders against teachers unions do without their little anecdotes?

An arbitrator has ruled that Arnold Anderson can keep his tenured, $90,000-a-year job — for now. 
Anderson, who teaches at Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, needed to be at work by 8:40 a.m. The school’s principal reported he punched in late by more than five minutes six times during the last school year and 16 times in the 2013-2014 school year, according to the ruling. He was late another 40 times in the last school year and 49 times a year earlier.
Look, I'm all for adhering to contracts; if you have to be at work at 8:40, be at work by 8:40. But I get the sense that this was something that could have been resolved with a lot less drama.
Anderson told CBS 2 that most of the late-shows were during an unwritten grace period for teacher arrivals.
“You clock in, there’s a long line and stuff like that, so you have a three-minute window,” Anderson said. “In the two years, I was late more than 10 minutes only once — and I mean, you know, my car broke down.” [emphasis mine]
I tried to find the bell schedule for Anderson's district, but I couldn't. Who knows -- maybe this really did impact his students. Certainly, a supervisor is well within his or her rights to demand that employees follow negotiated rules (although I suspect there's more to this
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