Teachers pivoted to online learning in a weekend. They have risked life and limb during the pandemic too. So what has DCPS done for them? Doubled down on testing, stolen planning time, and offered them a bad faith contract, all while sitting on nearly 70 million dollars. Please consider a few things before voting.
The district has nearly 70 million in reserves, something like 15 million over what they are contractually required to do.
The district said it was spending 500k a month on emergency maintenance, something it will not have to do anymore.
If there were no COVID or bill 641, money for this year was already allocated. The one good thing that the state did was hold schools harmless and give them as much as last year. This means we would have gotten our steps or performance pay.
New teachers and newer teachers will get their raise sooner or later; that's going to happen. So why not continue to fight for better working conditions like equitable planning and doing away with unpaid faculty meetings.
New and newer teachers should also realize that someday, some will be veterans, and they will wish they CONTINUE READING: Education Matters: Before you vote to approve the new DCPS contract you should really consider these things.
