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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am new to DCPS (first year was last year) so new this particular issue.  Has Bowser not been willing to sit at the table because their demands have been un-meetable?[/quote]

This is how contract negotiations have happened for years.  Contract expires, lots of negotiation but no one actually knows what the demands are because it’s all behind closed doors, eventually a contract is agreed to with not much change except a pay increase and teachers get back pay for the years the contract was expired.[/quote]

Thank you.  It's hard to rally support (at least for me) when we don't know what they're fighting for. I find it hard to believe that if they are making reasonable demands that Bowser would just ignore them, but again I'm new so....[/quote]

This is my 4th year in DCPS so it’s not like I’ve been here forever but I’m not sure how you can be so naive? You must work in a non title 1 school. Teachers in the very general sense love what we do and just want to feel respected, valuable, and have enough resources to teach ALL of our students. And by resources I do not mean paper and pencils, I mean social workers, paraprofessionals, etc. And better building conditions.

Of course we also want an evaluation system that is not punitive, this is coming from an HE teacher.

I suggest you do research past covid 19 as well. Money is nice of course, I can’t lie. [b]But I think and hope we are past just accepting money for ourselves and nothing that is going to actually attract and KEEP excellent teachers. [/b]

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Snort.  And you have the temerity to call the PP naive?  Please.  [/quote]

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