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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. I would rather get a smaller raise than have any of the cuts happen. These cuts will make my job harder and is not in the best interest of students. If the cuts were instructional coaches, there would be less pushback as they do not work with students and make teacher’s jobs easier. IMO, those positions should be the first to go. [/quote]

Agreed but the big culprit where cuts need to happen is Gatehouse and most of those people absolutely do nothing but make teachers lives horrible. [/quote]

Gatehouse employee here: Most of the people at “Gatehouse” are operational employees that are in the same collective bargaining unit as the teachers, and we aren’t making the fancy paychecks people think are. Everything we do is to support schools, and without us, people wouldn’t get hired, get their paychecks, get benefits support, supplies, building maintenance, tech support, security upgrades, etc.  BUT there are a lot of “senior leadership”  and chief positions at Gatehouse that have been created by Dr. Reid and we don’t need them. I really wish people would stop lumping all of Gatehouse together, because there are a lot of us that really care about teachers. A pay raise isn’t a victory if it comes at the cost of other employees, and I would happily take a lower pay raise to save jobs. Heck, give me back my telework and I’ll forfeit my entire raise![/quote]

We're not talking about operational positions. You're absolutely needed and we appreciate your work. We're talking about the "specialists" (thanks for all the extra testing that we have to do that reduce our time to teach, folks) and whoever is pushing the flavor-du-jour fad (SBG last year, UDL this year. What's next year?) and the "equity team" that lectures us once a year about oppression (what are you doing for kids exactly?) and other assorted meddlers.[/quote]

The equity team at Willow oaks can be cut as well as flavor of the moment programs. [/quote]

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