Robbins; teachers are greedy.

In this morning's Journal, link, we read that the APS School
Board approved a graduation schedule for next year. There
was a bit of controversy over whether seniors should attend
a full year of school and then graduate, as opposed to ending
their year weeks early and graduating before the end of the
school year.

School Board Member David Robbins
spoke in favor of having graduations in
June, after the end of the school year.

Opposing him were administrators who
pointed out that the contracts of the
teachers, administrators and activity
directors necessary to staff the graduation
ceremonies, end at the end of the school
year. In order for them to staff graduation
ceremonies in June, they would have to
either volunteer or be paid in addition to
their regular contract.

Robbins then reminisced about the good old days, 40 years ago when he graduated. He graduated in June and he doesn't "think" teachers were paid additionally to be there. He didn't clarify why as a graduating senior, he was paying any attention at all to teacher remuneration.

He summed it all up;

"It seems that we've gotten into a system where every
time we ask the teacher to do something for the students,
they have their hand out, saying 'Pay me.'

That, I think, is what's partly wrong with our entire society."

So, greedy teachers are what's (partly) wrong with our entire society.

Or, perhaps, clueless school board members are.




photo Mark Bralley