Friday, August 26, 2011

Letter from the Chicago Teachers Union: “A waiver negates a contractual right.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

Letter from the Chicago Teachers Union: “A waiver negates a contractual right.” « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Letter from the Chicago Teachers Union: “A waiver negates a contractual right.”

Dear Fred:

The Chicago Public Schools is seeking ways to have those who are employed as teachers, Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRPs) in Elementary and Middle Schools to consider extending their work hours an additional ninety (90) minutes per school day during the 2011-2012 school year starting in either September or January.

Article 4-6 in the Board/ Union Agreement which addresses the regular school day for elementary schools states, “the regular school day for elementary teachers shall not exceed seven hours (not


The return of Velderman. Ask GOP tough questions and you get put on a watch list.

Joe McCarthy mini-me, Ben Velderman.

It was late last school year that the goof ball ideological terrorists at the Michigan-based Education Action Group demanded that my school district hand over to them all my work emails.

Which they did.

EAG gofer Ben Velderman signed the FOIA request.

The reason for the FOIA was that this blog asks tough questions about education and public policy and is