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 Anonymous on January 6, 2016 - 1:23 pm
I agree. These teachers should not be doing this to the students. There are many that need extra help. Troy is a very rigorous school. This will cost students their GPA.
#2 by a mom on January 6, 2016 - 4:12 pm
Apparently, they weighed the cost to the students and decided to go ahead.
#3 by Anonymous on January 6, 2016 - 5:11 pm
Really bad move on their part http://nocut.homestead.com/FSTO/Leadership.html
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#5 by Anon on January 6, 2016 - 9:16 pm
I was just here last week vigorously defending Troy. Whose bright idea was it to hurt the students? Whose bright idea was it strong arm the people who actually ALREADY LOVE AND SUPPORT the teachers here??? Why didn’t they know they could just ask for support??? WHY didn’t they know people would be there???? Why start with Troy? You have THE BEST students (some of the best in our Nation) in what is it four or five counties CHOOSING to come to you. FAMILIES MOVING or COMMUTING on THESE freeways everyday, twice a day, to have a chance to be at this school. Your students and parents supporting Troy High school to #3 in California on Niche!! It’s not even about the AP review, tutoring, or letters of recommendation. Most of these kids CAN AND HAVE LEARNED ON THEIR OWN before they even entered kindergarten. Please don’t ruin one of the only shelters for the gifted to run to. Maybe that is why they started with Troy? Please understand for some of these kids it’s all about the challenge, relationship and trust with their teachers/adults who are meeting their needs and nothing about the extra help they don’t even need to take the school to best.
#6 by Fullerton Lover on January 6, 2016 - 11:38 pm
This is the $100K a year salary of the High School Teacher that feels so underpaid that he takes it out on the unsuspecting children that need him at the most critical juncture of their lives…
http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2014/school-districts/orange/fullerton-joint-union-high/david-bainter/