[Mark B]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

What do you think the boards are gunna do: reduce their pay, or fire a bunch of expendable teachers?
I think that teachers need to take a more private sector approach to benifits, no doubt. And BOE members and superintendents need to have their pay levels reworked.
But this does none of that. This gets rid of teachers, and not reduce pay levels. Sure, you will get some to budge.
Tell me if you are in their shoes, would you cut your pay in a tough economic times? Or would you just get rid of a few new teachers. Whats the real difference between 30 kids to a class or 40 kids to a class? Is music that important? Do we need to offer Italian or French or even Spanish in schools?

Unfortuantely, your right, voting down the buget is probably going to cost some teachers their jobs. However, we as the residents of NJ dont have any other way of forcing change. I dont think anybody wants teachers to loose their jobs. The entire system is screwed up and needs an overhaul. How could we possilbly create a system where the only people that have the power to fix the problem are the problem? Approving the budget would only allow those people to continue doing what they have been doing. We had to send the message that we are tired of the taxes and waste.

If you have another way to force the changes that have to be made, I would love to hear it.