Education Briefs
June 22, 2007 - A Monticello Middle School teacher was formally reprimanded for swearing at students. She was also warned that she would be fired if she continued. It's not her first warning.
The behavior became public at a June fifth school concert when an eighth-grader gave the audience a profanity-filled example of what she heard from her teacher.The student wanted to make a point and she was suspended for 10 days and missed her graduation ceremonies. But it did, however, force school officials to investigate. Hence, the reprimand.
Also found at the news site, another Washington school district is being run by the union.
Toppenish, WASHINGTON [Teachers and the school district] groups have been negotiating for almost three months over a new contract. The teachers union wants more money for healthcare and teachers salaries. They also want the school district to stop moving teachers from one position to another without the teachers and union approval.Interesting job posting at the Toppenish site for a Migrant Recruiter - "Recruiter will work district-wide conducting home visits which will require visits in the late afternoon or evening to identify and recruit for enrollment migrant students pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade."
District officials say they have already given each teachers an additional personal day, and that the average teacher will see a pay increase of nine percent and more money for healthcare.
