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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lowell is not the only school seating teacher contracts. At least their HOS delayed all contracts and communicated clearly versus a vague email and creating divisions within the faculty based on who did or did not get a contract yet.[/quote]

Teachers at Lowell do not have contracts. [b]To repeat, teachers at Lowell do not have contracts.[/b] Rather, they receive offer letters that give all power to the school and virtually none to the employee except for the option to leave "at their will." Here is some key language:

[i]While we anticipate that you will be employed for the entire School Year, we confirm
that your employment is at will, meaning that it [b]can be terminated by you or the School at any time 
for any reason (or no reason) with or without notice[/b]. Our comments or representations in any other
respects are not intended to express or imply that you will be working either for any particular
duration or under a contract of employment. In the event of a termination of employment prior to
the end of the school year, your salary will be paid on a pro-rated basis through the date you last
worked. Benefits will cease according to the terms of the benefit plan documents or the School’s
policies and practices. If you choose to leave, we hope that you will provide us with the courtesy of
at least two weeks’ notice.[/i]

Stop using the term "contract" when there never has been such a thing. And at some point surely someone will post that other schools are the same way. Many are. But they shouldn't be, so let's nip such whataboutism in the bud.

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99.9% of employment in the US is at will. Not sure why this would be any different. I'm sure the school would try not to have mid year firings because it would be disruptive for everyone, but they always have that right, just as you have the right to leave too.[/quote]

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