NIGHT STALKER Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 When the economy starts affecting school teachers employment, something has to give. Broward County, Florida just laid off 700 teachers and my daugher, who teaches high school honors English is one of the 700. When the Florida lottery started years ago, one of the recipients of the millions being collected would go towards the school system...what a joke. I guess they'll being saying thanks to the lottery, a lot more teachers would have been laid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Sorry about your daugther's situation - I know a couple of people that have been out of full time work almost a year. i am very thankful for my position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmoe57 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 When the economy starts affecting school teachers employment, something has to give. Broward County, Florida just laid off 700 teachers and my daugher, who teaches high school honors English is one of the 700. When the Florida lottery started years ago, one of the recipients of the millions being collected would go towards the school system...what a joke. I guess they'll being saying thanks to the lottery, a lot more teachers would have been laid off. Sorry to hear that -- last I checked lots of teaching jobs in the Houston area if that helps -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I don't understand how anyone in this state would want to become a teacher. Sorry to hear about your daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiFtheOracle Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Duvall county is on a hiring freeze right now, but from what I understand there are a ton of jobs available as soon as its lifted...if your daughter is interested in transfering counties. I have a ton of friends who teach up here in Jax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTM Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Big Government is the problem.. too much spending.. need to kill pensions and things like that, stuff nobody gets in private ector.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Big Government is the problem.. too much spending.. need to kill pensions and things like that, stuff nobody gets in private ector.. Nobody in the private sector gets pensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nobody in the private sector gets pensions? The firms that provide pensions to their employees are getter smaller and smaller in numbers, for sure. I think I can name maybe three, off the top of my head, that do. So, what happened to all this stimulous, redevlopment money that was supposed to rejuvinate the economy? Oh, I know, health care cost scare? Nope....I know....rising gasoline price scare? No - wait, people are distracted by this oil spill - yeah! Hey, employment up last month! Woo-hooo - seasonal jobs here I come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyHector Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nobody in the private sector gets pensions? The few that do aren't receiving pensions funded by the taxpayers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionelRichie Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 a big problem with the education system is the number of support staff employed by school systems. about 50% of all school district employees are not even teachers. school spending per student has gone up by about 50% while reading and math scores have remained flat. there is almost no correlation between $$ for education and student achievement. in washington DC, we spend over $16,000 per student per year and we have one of the worst school systems in the country. $$ is not the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I have to close this before it goes where we all know it's going to. NS, really sorry about your daughter's job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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