Reply #4: That is the truth!!! [View All]

In my district in PA, we are cutting 4 teachers, plus 3 library aides, all because somehow our district is a million dollars plus in the hole. No one knows why. Salaries have not gone up as we have been working for almost a year without a contract. Insurance costs have not gone up in 5 years(we are in a consortium of 13 school districts that is self funded). We had 14 teachers retire last year, saving the district $400,000, but still have a huge deficit.

In the 16 years I have worked in this district, the size of the administration has doubled, yet they seem to do less and less work, and what is required of me grows every year. When I mentioned this to the last superintendent, she told me that admin team levels were "bare bones". We had one school psychologist, and now we have 3. But I am expected to schedule all 25 of my IEP's, plus write them, do progress monitoring and transition services, quarterly reports on all students, make sure they are successful in the regular class, manage the aides that work with them, advocate for them and make sure they are on track to graduate, all while teaching 7 out of nine periods a day, plus duties.

But don't ever suggest cutting the admin team. They are too valuable.