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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I initially did not like the TPMS decision, but when I found out that the TPMS teachers were teaching more than their contractually required load without any commensurate pay boost, I really feel -- like who are we (parents) or anyone really to ask (mostly) women to work without pay?  Don't we do that enough to women in their personal and professional lives?  How is it even a conversation to try to keep the current structure without compensation?

Yes, there can be a discussion centered around how to break out the blocks and teaching in a way that meets the teacher contract and how to provide afterschool activities that fill in the blanks and what structure helps the most kids learn the most, but asking teachers to continue doing extra work without pay is a complete non-starter.

I say this as a parent who had one kid go to Eastern magnet, which has the 1 elective, daily classes structure, and 1 kid who went to TPMS magnet with the block and 2 elective structure.  I know very well what the TPMS kids will miss and what other kids have. [/quote]

Teachers dropping one class to remain in compliance is 1 thing however, their agenda stretched way past that. They also wanted to get rid of the block schedule (when most students and parents prefer it) and manipulated the situation with bogus surveys and hidden results to ensure “the data” supports their desires. And while they were doing this behind the scenes, they were recruiting students and families with the 2 elective block system and pushing students in to taking foreign languages (when every other middle school discourages their 6th graders from doing so.)  I’m sorry, but when the administration and staff chose to approach the situation with deceit and dishonesty in an effort to be manipulative of the school community, they lost any support on my end. [/quote]

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