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THE ALTERNATIVE REALITY OF LAUSD SUPT. AUSTIN BEUTNER - Perdaily.com

THE ALTERNATIVE REALITY OF LAUSD SUPT. AUSTIN BEUTNER - Perdaily.com

THE ALTERNATIVE REALITY OF LAUSD SUPT. AUSTIN BEUTNER



What is most disingenuous about the L.A. Times "Reporter" Howard Blume's latest article entitled "LAUSD chief signals desire to limit teacher job protections and change funding rules" is that virtually nothing in the article is even remotely true. And worst yet, ersatz "Reporter" Blume knows it's not true. But at least he's got a good excuse for not telling the truth, since at the L.A. Times, they have gone from 1400 to 350 reporters. And where all remaining reporters like Blume know full well that they too will be out the door, if they even attempt to actually report the truth as to what is going on at LAUSD and elsewhere.
Howard Blum knows the truth and at an earlier time in his reporting life, when he was a real reporter, Blum might just have posed some of the following questions:
You now talk about wanting to "limit teacher job protections," but given the assault LAUSD has already waged against more expensive high seniority teachers over at least the last 10 years for their sole "crime" of being at the top of the salary scale, can you tell me Supt. Beutner what real job protections do any LAUSD teachers still have?
How many thousand teachers with no prior negative evaluations- 73% of whom are over 40 and at the top of the salary scale- have you and your immediate predecessors gotten rid of on completely fabricated charges in order to balance your budget and avoid nonetheless impending bankruptcy?
If LAUSD is in such dire financial straits, why has the number of administrators Continue reading: THE ALTERNATIVE REALITY OF LAUSD SUPT. AUSTIN BEUTNER - Perdaily.com