Submitted By a Concerned Troy Parent–
Troy High School teachers abruptly close doors to students and make the parents sign off on it.
Are the students caught in the middle of a contract dispute between the teachers’ union and FJUHSD?
This is just one of many forms that came home with the students from Troy teachers yesterday.
Troy teachers are now:
Unavailable for help before or after school
Unavailable for tutoring before or after school
Unavailable to write letters of recommendation for colleges or scholarships
Unavailable for AP testing review before or after class time
Teachers have decided that they will no longer be available to help the student outside of their contracted work hours.
Is the unavailability due to a union contract dispute?
Before break teachers were wearing red to protest the lack of a contract.
Some, many, or all explained to the students, during class time, why they were protesting.
The understanding was that their teaching salaries were not enough. So when it is ever enough? You be the judge. Here is the salary list for the district.
The District’s school year consists of 180 instructional days of 372 minutes each-6.2 hours a day 180 days a year. Mr. Bainter, for example had total compensation of $136, 221 for 2014 and makes $122 per hour in total compensation if you do the math. Guess it is not enough for him or the rest of them for that matter.
Keep in mind that they do not work the whole year and the wages/total compensation are unsustainable: http://www.capoliticalreview.com/capoliticalnewsandviews/calstrs-teachers-retirement-pension-system-in-deep-trouble/#respond
“Using the State accounting system for pensions, CalSTRS, the teacher retirement plan, had a $8.9 billion increase in liability, bringing it to an admitted unsustainable $67.3 billion. Using Federal pension accounting systems, the real unfunded liability is over $170 billion—and growing. At some point the taxpayers will be forced, by law, to bail out another government failure.”
Teachers want more, but are totally divorced from the fiscal reality.
Teachers want more and will totally turn their backs on the students in order to have their ‘unsustainable’ demands met. Looks like Troy teachers are doing just that.
#1 by Bill on January 7, 2016 - 6:25 am
Author – why are you just “concerned Troy parent’ If you are going to sling mud at Mr Bainter and put all his information up for all to see, show your face. Don’t be a wuss and hide behind a veil!
I think the point is that Troy teachers put many many hours of extra time into their job, and it shows . The teachers haven’t gotten a raise in over 7 years, I believe, while all surrounding school districts have. The superintendent knows there is a surplus of money in the district budget, but refuses to give the teachers the raise they deserve. THAT is the issue here. I’m sure students are always welcome to ask questions during class to get help and not ALL OF THE TEACHERS (check your facts ‘concerned parent’) are closing their doors to students. Don’t throw a blanket statement over the whole staff. My child’s syllabus said nothing about changes and its a math class . Anyways- just my opinion 🙂 Have a great day everyone!
#2 by Joe Imbriano on January 7, 2016 - 9:49 am
Bill, why defend this behavior? Why punish the students? Why did these teachers turn into a pumpkin after the break? I know people that have families, degrees, talent, integrity and no job and no retirement and I don’t see them interfering with the learning process by POLITICALLY MANEUVERING THE STUDENTS AND USING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO AIR THIS PROPAGANDA. These are low life tactics that only lowlifes would engage in. These teachers are not underpaid by a long shot. If they don’t like it, then they can take it off campus or go get a job in the private sector where they will be paid for what they are really worth which is much less than they are getting paid right now. Do you know what percentage of their retirement the taxpayers pay for? It is ridiculous. Do you know how much they pay for the medical and benefits? Squat compared to the real world pal. It is not sustainable period.
I have sat in at these board meetings for years and the long term projections for the district are a disaster. The money is not there. Why do you think they had to ram a second bond through in less than 8 years to soak us all for what we have been paying for with our taxes all along. They haven’t put jack into these facilities for decades. They are dilapidated. They have been putting all the dough into their retirement plans and their pockets and they use the PTA’s to play the fiddle to rob everyone one more time to fill the gaps created by the greed of these people. Today, the schools exist for the benefit of the staff period. Why don’t we have things like free extracurricular programs, free field trips, free sports programs, reasonable class sizes, proper ventilation, full spectrum lighting, and water filtration on the drinking fountains? It is because of the staff’s selfish greed plain and simple. The students are the last things these teachers and staff care about. Trust me. I have yet to see one Troy teacher publicly decry this or any other issue that adversely impacts the student body like forced wireless, common core, campus safety, facility conditions, or staff that need be fired if any of it contradicts their own financial interests or employment. Teacher pay and job security come first to these people. If it didn’t, none of this would EVER BE HAPPENING.
I won’t even get into what is being done to the students by the grade delfation or grade rippoffs.
#3 by To Bill on January 7, 2016 - 10:49 am
Apparently, Mr. Bainter put himself out there on this matter by putting his “unavailability” in writing and sending a form home with his students, asking for signatures in acknowledgement of this. You are labeling the fact that he did this as “slinging mud?” It is the truth.
Signs are up on the classrooms that are limiting student access to teachers. I don’t know if it is all of the teachers; however, signs (PLURAL) are up.
Troy teachers that do no agree with closing their doors to students, not providing letters for colleges and scholarship money, should be standing in opposition to taking this out on the kids. WHERE ARE THEY????