The Canyons Education Association and Canyons School Board were currently conducting contract negotiations, and teachers were concerned that the district was keeping them from weighing in on certain policies.
Superintendent David Doty wrote a letter to Canyons School District employees stating that three out of 25 policies related to teacher contracts will no longer be negotiable. District spokeswoman Jennifer Toomer-Cook says those policies include:
- Student discipline
- A district advisory council
- A school advisory council
But teachers feel that if the board takes away their opportunity to voice concern on these three policies, it may lead to further loss.
If this were happening in your district, how would you react and what would you do?
Are you active in any teacher organizations? You might want to. It may give leverage to push for bargaining rights instead of just having your Superintendent to what you can and can not do. I was very active in the voucher reform that repealed that piece of legislation from the Granite side even though the whole pitch was to give low-income students opportunities to get into private school. At the time, I had 2 kids that were attending Rowland Hall and St. Marks private schools downtown Salt Lake. So i knew first hand what it takes to get into private schools, the $3,000.00 voucher was a drop in the bucket at least for Rowland Hall.
ReplyDeleteso my advice to you, is mobilize your teacher unions and stand your ground. Ogden school district has chopped off their teachers' rights at the knee. We are in peril times. if we don't act now, all the privileges we've enjoyed so far will be taken from us - regardless of what school district you are in.