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<DIV>Thanks, Three times I turned down job offers in Pullman to stay in
Moscow where I loved to teach. Were I teaching today, I’d be looking out
of state—somewhere. They are still hiring in Hawaii. That would be
very tempting. The problems there are huge, but the teachers I worked with
are dedicated, though not very well paid for the economy; but they don’t have an
intransigent school board as does Moscow. And of course they don’t have
Tom Luna—fortunately he’s unique. </DIV>
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<DIV>A note for everyone: The school district has hired a Boise Lawyer to
fly to Moscow for every negotiating session. They pay for her flight, her
motel bill and other per diem, then refuse to release what it costs them to do
that. Additionally, teachers have now discovered she was involved in the
drafting of the 3 Luna bills. I guess it pays to get the ones who help
create the mess to make sure the teachers get stuck with all of it. The
board could have simply taken the contract on which everyone worked, and
transferred the items such as planning for elementary teachers, into policy so
those things would continue. The Troy Board did that, as did Lewiston,
bless them.....but our board, on the advice of their imported lawyer, refuses
to. And then Margaret Dibble had the nerve to suggest the teachers agree
to a school work day that ended, not at 3:45, but when the “job ended.”
One of the teachers laughed as she told me, “I wonder if they’d pay for moving
my bed to my classroom?” Negotiations sessions are open to the
public. The next negotiations session is in the Multipurpose Room in the
Jr. High at 5:30 on Wednesday. Others are scheduled for June 1, 6,
7. The law now gives all power to the school board. Should the board
and teachers not agree by the 10th of June the board just sets the contract as
they wish. So there’s really no reason for them to come to any agreement
with teachers, well other than respect for their employees. And there is
certainly no reason to pay expenses for a lawyer to come to Moscow and tell them
they hold all the cards. Obviously they already know that. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sue H. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 20, 2011 6:14 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom
Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> ; <A
title=cpenni@gmail.com href="mailto:cpenni@gmail.com">Penni Cyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Putting Teachers Last in
Idaho</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Great
letter! Shows the value of a real education: it keeps on giving!<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Tom Hansen <SPAN
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class=gmail_quote>Courtesy of today's (May 20, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News
with thanks t<BR>Sue Hovey.<BR><BR>-------------------------<BR><BR>Putting
teachers last in Idaho<BR><BR>Let's say you are in eighth grade and I am your
teacher. You ask, "Is it<BR>true 700 teachers will lose their jobs so I get a
computer next year?" And<BR>I reply, "Yes, according to the law." Then you, an
inquisitive kid,<BR>continue, "Will you be one of those 700?" And I reply,
truthfully, "I<BR>don't know, possibly." "Well," responds the student, "sounds
like a dumb<BR>idea to me!" I reply, "To me, too."<BR><BR>Tom Luna's latest
press release says I have just politicized the class,<BR>proselytized students
and violated the Teachers' Code of Ethics. I could<BR>be fired for this, he
threatens.<BR><BR>Ethics was irrelevant when Luna, with the help of the
governor, software<BR>contractors and legislative leaders, drafted those
dreadful bills.<BR><BR>A case in point: Ethical leaders should hesitate to
write into education<BR>law a new section providing insurance salespeople
access to teachers when<BR>school starts, mandating teachers' signatures
regarding the insurance,<BR>requiring the district to maintain a file of those
signatures and<BR>potentially profitingthe two Idaho legislative leaders whose
support was<BR>critical. Rep. Bob Nonini and Sen. John Goedde, chairs of the
House and<BR>Senate Education Committees, both insurance
salesmen.<BR><BR>Superintendent Luna never taught a class, got an online
bachelor's degree<BR>to run for the office and sought no public input as he
crafted those<BR>bills.<BR><BR>When we as Idaho voters repeal his laws and
recall him, will he have<BR>learned the lesson: You can't put Idaho students
first when you put their<BR>teachers last?<BR><BR>Sue Hovey,
Moscow<BR><BR>--------------------------<BR><BR>Later, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom
Hansen<BR>Astoria, Oregon<BR><BR><BR>"The Pessimist complains about the wind,
the Optimist expects it to<BR>changeand the Realist adjusts his
sails."<BR><BR>-
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