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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if you can't see why parents need a seat at that table then you're part of the problem.  Example: Years ago, our son's teacher kept calling in sick week after week after week.  The school kept throwing subs in.  After 4 weeks of no learning, I called the principal to ask what the plan was and she said it was an HR matter.  So an issue between MCPS and a teacher directly affected the students.   I gathered up the PTA and we raised hell with the central office until they agreed to send in a permanent sub who was fantastic.  Another more general example is the number of days they're whittling away from the school calendar.[/quote]

That's not how employment contracts work, and it's not how collective bargaining works. As a fan of men's basketball, do you expect to have a seat at the bargaining table with the NBA and the NBA players? As a person who shops at Safeway, do you expect to have a seat at the bargaining table with Albertson's and the Safeway employees? As a person who goes to the dentist, do you expect to have a seat at the table in employment negotiations between your dentist and their dental hygienists?

The employer is MCPS. MCPS is overseen by the Board of Education. The voters vote for the members of the Board of Education. That's your seat at the table.[/quote]

I agree with you that employment contracts are between an employer and employees. Yes, parents vote for the BOE (and the County Council, which decides how much funding MCPS gets but not how it's allocated), and they often, but not always, choose the Apple Ballot candidates because they are on the Apple Ballot, and therefore many BOE members have an incentive to prioritize teachers over students.

I see that teachers believe whatever is good for teachers is good for students, but that is simply not true. The MCEA always pushes compensation increases above all. Students don't directly benefit from compensation increases, and they would likely benefit more from a better balance between compensation (which is obviously needed to recruit and retain teachers) and service improvements. [/quote]

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