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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private schools won’t allow the teachers railroad them. They understand that their mission is to educate children, not be a welfare employment center for teachers. It’s sad that this must be pointed out. [/quote]

What's sad is this BS take.

"A welfare employment center for teachers"?

I've been a private school parent for six years and am well aware private school parents are entitled, but this situation has shined a real light on how utterly insufferable many private school parents really are.

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I have been a private school parent for 10 years, and while I agree that the language is off-putting, many private schools have what is effectively a tenure system that is not official. I have actually heard some private school teachers brag to me about making "tenure". At this point, their teaching responsibilities are reduced, making them less competitive for accepting a job at another school. It's a strategy to pump up the metric of teacher satisfaction, as many parents see teacher longevity as a sign of job satisfaction. Many very skilled educators in private schools are not afforded these more secure employment situations because they are very expensive. It's all unofficial, off the books, but if you get to know the faculty and observe, you will see some measure of this at virtually all private schools. You will see this more with older teachers, as private schools were competing for their services with public districts that could offer pensions and higher pay. "Welfare" is overstating it, however, and it is the minority of private school teachers who enjoy this privilege. In some cases, it is at most a form of nepotism, which is not really that outrageous. [/quote]

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