In Through Dallas ISD's Out Door

• The Board also thought that they could illegally extend their terms. How is it that the DISD has such a huge legal budget and one attorney (Flores) on the Board, yet they get obvious issues of law so wrong?

• Little 7 is quite mature and well-spoken for, well, 7. I think I was more into toys and pretend, than the teachers and the state of the local school district. Good for him, and you, as a parent, Robert.

• Little 7 is

• From the TASB document: "Reducing Personnel Costs" http://www.dfpe.org/pdf/tasb-reducing-compensation.pdf "Again, do not fail to calculate the cost of unemployment compensation. Even employees who take advantage of a voluntary severance package may be entitled to unemployment benefits, and these benefits will be paid over and above the amount of any severance. The district may not ask an employee to waive the right to unemployment benefits; to do so is a criminal offense. Tex. Lab. Code §§ 207.072, .074." This is certainly contrary to what many board members believed at the board meeting.

• I agree with DISD Teacher. There. Miracles happen, we are not so far apart.

• I'm not sure if you are asking who is retiring or who they will hire. But, if it is hire, there is a long line of people who have graduated with teaching degrees in the past couple of years who have not been able to find a teaching position. Right now, the job market for teachers is saturated.

• Some of those teachers in that video are the Greatest, some, not so much. So our house is too, sad and happy.

• It shouldn't be "new blood", though, since this is only useful if the teachers who quit aren't replaced.

• Who?

• This generous gesture on the part of DISD should be applauded. If we're going to spend tax dollars, at least it's going to people who really work with the children instead of people who hang out at the Ritz having meetings that matter to no one. We'll lose many excellent older teachers, but they get to go out with a nice parting gift. It's nice to see teachers treated as professionals by the administration. Big thanks go to the parents and non-parent taxpayers who have spoken up about the cuts needing to come from anywhere but the classroom (protect the purple); I think their influence made a difference and the administration listened. There. I said something positive about DISD.

• My friend is long-time Lakewood Elem. teacher. She will take this pay-out and leave. She's been kicking around the idea of retiring, in a few years. So, now she's going to jump. This way, DISD can hire some half-price teacher to replace her and her experience.

TotalComments: 11