tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post1538213032962238704..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Seven hundred teachers in the rubber roomPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-77359814982403334412008-06-18T16:01:00.000-04:002008-06-18T16:01:00.000-04:00The UFT gave up too much in the 2005 contract. As ...The UFT gave up too much in the 2005 contract. As a result, the DOE becomes more brazen by the hour.<BR/> You don't give up the ability to grieve a letter. You don't give up seniority. That's why you have many teachers now performing jobs as substitutes-how demeaning. You don't give up the idea of not having cafeteria or hallway duty. Do doctors patrol halls of hospitals? Do lawyers patrol the corridors of the courts? Ridiculous.<BR/> How do you like those recalcitrants who got their teachers quite ill with that cake? They should be imprisoned and denied the right to ever attend any school. What would have happened if the teachers had died from this? Probably nothing.<BR/> Speaking of the rubber room, is it air-conditioned? ZollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-20656814067177990532008-06-18T11:05:00.000-04:002008-06-18T11:05:00.000-04:00Yes there are people who belong in the rubber room...Yes there are people who belong in the rubber room for things like violence, arrests..etc. There are a lot of teachers that don't belong in the rubber room but in the classroom. I have maintained that the principals are using their influence to discriminate against older teachers who are drawing a higher salary that can retire on a reduced income. The truth is that many can't and need to be in the classroom.<BR/><BR/>In my opinion, it is the DOE and the UFT that are at fault. First, the DOE does not empower the teachers at all. They are afraid that a student will make an allegation against a teacher in which most are false. Second, the UFT is not doing enough to protect the teachers. I know they are negotiating contracts to pay teachers a higher salary...The cost is much more by losing good quality educators.<BR/><BR/>The biggest loser in my opinion are the students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-16865069005570124392008-05-13T16:07:00.001-04:002008-05-13T16:07:00.001-04:00The rubber room concept is a joke and everyone kno...The rubber room concept is a joke and everyone knows it. Teachers who are about to be thrown out, remain in this room. Believe it or not, some of them have political pull and that allows them to stay there and pull down high salaries.<BR/> Where are the rubber rooms for the constantly disruptive student?Zollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326256851366769568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-68772500641830229102008-05-13T16:07:00.000-04:002008-05-13T16:07:00.000-04:00Please feel free to comment on my emails. I have w...Please feel free to comment on my emails. I have written about the rubber room, class size and the lack of discipline in the public schools.<BR/> We need to have less parental involvement. We need to have Chancellor Klein, Randi Weingarten and other so called educational experts return to classroom teaching when they leave their current positions. We need rubber rooms for constantly disruptive pupils. We need the return of the 600 school concept for these recalcitrants as well.Zollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326256851366769568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-55505900207504906532008-05-13T16:00:00.000-04:002008-05-13T16:00:00.000-04:00The rubber room concept is a joke and everyone kno...The rubber room concept is a joke and everyone knows it. Teachers who are about to be thrown out, remain in this room. Believe it or not, some of them have political pull and that allows them to stay there and pull down high salaries.<BR/> Where are the rubber rooms for the constantly disruptive student?Zollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326256851366769568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-9562961815321728822008-05-06T10:04:00.000-04:002008-05-06T10:04:00.000-04:00How does the DOE have the audacity to complain abo...How does the DOE have the audacity to complain about the money being wasted to pay reassigned staff after they gave the directive to principals to oust mainly tenured, senior, higher paid staff from the system. What is upsetting is the distortion of facts by the DOE and than manipulating the public to believe innocent people should be fired and hence do their dirty work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-67164355304578383432008-05-05T19:44:00.000-04:002008-05-05T19:44:00.000-04:00Don't forget to add the 100's of teachers pulled o...Don't forget to add the 100's of teachers pulled out of the classroom but not sent to the "rubber rooms" while they wait for their 3020-a charges. These teachers do clerical or administrative work in schools for months until they are served with their 3020-a charges.<BR/><BR/>Good for you to realize that many of the teachers sent to the "rubber rooms" don't belong there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com