Dr. Duran must go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to resurrect this thread. Remember this summer when Dr. Duran got a bunch of syncophants to come speak at the school board meeting about how great he was? How lucky APS was to sign him to another contract?

At this rate, APS won't have any teachers left by the end of his latest contract.

Did you have a particular complaint this time?

NP but allowing the new Wakefield principal to bring in 2 of his former TC Williams flunkies to “consult” even though they have terrible track records certainly doesn’t look great on him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

The paycheck thing is a very big deal. To me, it’s inexcusable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

The paycheck thing is a very big deal. To me, it’s inexcusable.

Stipends. Summer school pay. How could you let something like that happen twice? People must be paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

The paycheck thing is a very big deal. To me, it’s inexcusable.

What is the paycheck issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

Teachers were paid yesterday and have been granted a day of leave to deal with healthcare transitions. There was also a session scheduled from 4-5 one day. Lots of people are making this more difficult than it needs to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

Teachers were paid yesterday and have been granted a day of leave to deal with healthcare transitions. There was also a session scheduled from 4-5 one day. Lots of people are making this more difficult than it needs to be.

I’m guessing YOUR paycheck was the correct amount…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

Teachers were paid yesterday and have been granted a day of leave to deal with healthcare transitions. There was also a session scheduled from 4-5 one day. Lots of people are making this more difficult than it needs to be.

I’m guessing YOUR paycheck was the correct amount…

Just correcting that yesterday was a paid, scheduled day for APS employees

[Anonymous]

Of note in yesterday’s fiasco: BCBS reps were initially given the wrong location by APS, leading to a late start. BCBS reps told teacher that APS had directed them to bring no papers or copies of any written material to hand out.

[Anonymous]

Two things can be true. APS didn’t do a great job with this roll out and it’s not helpful when people start mass email campaigns to HR for every little thing. I suspect a lot of questions could be answered by reading the documents and doing a quick Google search. There are plenty of people who don’t seem to understand how deductibles work you don’t need to talk to Care first representative for that you can literally just Google it.

[Anonymous]

It is SOP for public sector employees, in my experience, to have health insurance reps available to explain coverage and answer questions during open enrollment season. I get this opportunity as a fed. This isn’t HR rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

The paycheck thing is a very big deal. To me, it’s inexcusable.

Stipends. Summer school pay. How could you let something like that happen twice? People must be paid.

Plus the NB overpayment fiasco - not so much that errors were made, but that attempts at fixing it were so pathetically bungled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

It’s his fault that APS originally scheduled all of the info sessions during school day.

It’s his fault to not ensure more people were available on yesterday’s federal
Holiday (teachers unpaid) to answer questions from 50+% who have Kaiser.

It’s his fault that HR remains a colossal mess that can’t even get paychecks correct.

It’s his fault to prioritize syphax over teachers at every turn, including making sure they have more paid leave, teleworking capacity and more office space.

Teachers were paid yesterday and have been granted a day of leave to deal with healthcare transitions. There was also a session scheduled from 4-5 one day. Lots of people are making this more difficult than it needs to be.

I’m guessing YOUR paycheck was the correct amount…

Just correcting that yesterday was a paid, scheduled day for APS employees

Yes. This thread is on Duran, and you are on insurance. You feel that teachers are wrong about that. Got it.

I am concerned about something else. I am concerned about errors in people’s paychecks. That is a serious management issue, particularly for a superintendent that has grown management as much as he has.

[Anonymous]

Yep. Surprised no one seems to care how much he’s spent on overhead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The insurance is t his fault. The teachers need to get a grip

You don’t get it. I am one of the staff who has to switch plans. Inconvenient but Ok, it happens. I didn’t make a big deal. But after waiting for hours yesterday to speak with someone who could give me answers and seeing staff being turned away I am upset. Come on. Someone has to come up with a better plan to give information. And please treat staff with respect. About time someone does. This is demoralizing.

What on earth did you need to speak to someone about? This isn’t 1977. Fire up Google and get on with your life.

You do realize the private sector does this all the time and we don’t whine like the teachers are.