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<DIV>Gee, just think the miracles John Goedde could perform in a cancer
ward. “We’re going to cut your meds, but while we do that we’re going to
find someone who was cured anyway and that should make you happy.” </DIV>
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<DIV>Sue H </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rforce2003@yahoo.com
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 28, 2013 4:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] You're special, but yer pay's
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href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2013/jan/28/goedde-pay-cuts-beat-teacher-layoffs-focus-successes-build-teacher-morale/">Goedde:
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Education Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, said he backs new legislation
allowing school boards to cut the salaries of experienced teachers because it
beats laying off teachers. “When you’re given X number of dollars to employ
teachers, either you employ less teachers and increase class size,” or reduce
salaries, he said. “To me, from the standpoint of the students, it’s best to
have a stable classroom.”</DIV>
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if he expects more cuts in school funding in Idaho like the unprecedented cuts
of the past few years, Goedde said yes – particularly if federal funding is cut
as part of national deficit reduction efforts. For next year, however, Gov.
Butch Otter has recommended a 2 percent increase in state funding for Idaho
schools, and state schools Superintendent Tom Luna has called for a 3 percent
increase.</DIV>
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disputed the recent Office of Performance Evaluations report that surveyed 2,486
Idaho teachers and found a “strong undercurrent of despair” and a climate that
“disparages their efforts and belittles their contributions.” Said Goedde, “If I
walk into this building on Monday morning feeling good, and everybody I talk to
says ‘you’re looking bad,’ maybe I start feeling bad. I think despair is
contagious, as is enthusiasm – it’s a state of mind.”</DIV>
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said he believes the best way to improve teacher morale in Idaho is, “We need to
focus on successes.” Toward that end, he said he’s asked the Idaho Education
Association, the Idaho School Boards Association, and the Idaho School
Administrators Association to each bring forward examples of successes in Idaho
schools. “We’ll hear them in this committee,” Goedde said. “If we can focus on
positive things that are happening in education, everybody is going to be
happier.”</DIV>
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