Denver Teacher Strike Scabs Could Include Central Office Personnel
Denver Public Schools (DPS) is on the verge of a strike, which may be delayed for as long as several months, as it turns out, because DPS has called upon the state to intervene.
Still, the threat of a strike looms.
As such, DPS superintendent Susana Cordova and the DPS board have a plan in place to pressure central office staff to become scabs. From the January 25, 2019, Denver Post:
A memo from DPS Superintendent Susana Cordova this week alerted central office workers that all non-essential district operations at the central office will be suspended until a strike is resolved, and everyone will be expected to work in schools, whether that be in substitute teaching roles, working on lunch duty or being a hall monitor. …A “minimal number” of central office employees who are needed to keep the district operating, such as those involved in payroll and security, would be notified by their supervisor to continue their roles in the event of a strike, Cordova wrote in her memo to staff.Those with an active teaching or administrative license were told to support in classrooms. Central office employees have the option to obtain a guest teaching license paid for by the district or do non-instructional work like helping serve students lunch and patrolling the hallways.“We ask that those with school-facing instructional roles, such as curriculum specialists or ELA partners, obtain their guest teaching CONTINUE READING: Denver Teacher Strike Scabs Could Include Central Office Personnel | deutsch29
