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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]**But I still think there is going to be a last minute push for the unions to vote to forego our raises to save these jobs.
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How do you think that will go over?  And how does it work?  Does the union decide?  Do MCEA members vote?[/quote]

I don’t know that it will go over well. In 2009 it was a tough sell but the majority were behind it. I feel less confident that it would pass this time.[/quote]

Unfortunately compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues, which means unless compensation increases slow down, working conditions are going to keep getting worse and worse.[/quote]

Ask any teacher, the working conditions have been on a steady decline since 2020. There is a teacher shortage for a reason. I understand that UMD’s cohort of Early Childhood Education majors for next year is barely a dozen. That is 1/3 the size of my cohort in the late 90s. 
Keep threatening worse working conditions with less pay, you’ll just have fewer teachers and the entire system will continue to suffer. Seems that the county needs to find a way to generate more revenue (without tax increases) and look at the bloat in Central Office before coming for teachers, again.[/quote]

I'm not "threatening" anything. I am stating a reality. The money for schools comes primarily from tax revenues, which are not growing fast enough to sustain compensation increases. There is nothing I can do individually to change that. I am sorry.[/quote]

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