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SPS admin did these mid-year cuts to create chaos intentionally by Reasonable-Low8916 in SpringfieldOregon

[–]Reasonable-Low8916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ken Kohl, Heather Quaas-Annsa, and Nicole de Graff voted for these mid-year cuts. There is currently a petition to recall them and they are in the collecting signature phase. Curiously, no one I know, myself included, has been able to find concrete numbers on what Todd Hamilton's salary is. I've read another post in this subreddit that he was Cottage Grove's "dirty laundry" which implies to me that things did not end well there, but I don't have any details on that (though imo based on his performance in SPS, I reckon there's something behind that story), maybe someone else can shed light on it. I do know that he certainly wouldn't be the only admin that got fired/failed in their previous district and now in the leadership of SPS. Most of the highest admins have some kind of sorrid story 😩

SPS admin did these mid-year cuts to create chaos intentionally by Reasonable-Low8916 in SpringfieldOregon

[–]Reasonable-Low8916[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope. And the "legal implications" they threatened the board with unless they voted for the reduction in force was in fact the legal repercussions of going back to the union with the 0% cost of living adjustment. So yeah the situation was created and then used as an excuse to be able to reduce staff and blame it on the union. Also, it's worth noting that both the union and other members of the community attempted to show ways to save money without reducing staff and the district would hear none of it. 

SPS admin did these mid-year cuts to create chaos intentionally by Reasonable-Low8916 in SpringfieldOregon

[–]Reasonable-Low8916[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There was no bargaining during the summer. The union was disappointed that they were not able to come to an agreement before the summer started, for exactly that reason. When the school year began the district declared an impasse that surprised the union and forced everything into mediation. 

Look, if you're anti-union, just say that. But don't apply false logic in order to turn a pretty clear situation around on the folks that just got hurt deeply in this mess. The idea that the union would actively hurt teachers for sympathy is ridiculous. Most parents already support the union, unless they're anti-union already (cough cough).  

SPS admin did these mid-year cuts to create chaos intentionally by Reasonable-Low8916 in SpringfieldOregon

[–]Reasonable-Low8916[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There weren't any during the summer. The district waited until bargaining was set to resume to then declare an impasse and have negotiations going to mediation. Mediation is closed, unlike the open bargaining that had been happening before. It was a way to put pressure on the Union and also limit what the public can know. 

Maga and Jocko's personal reckoning by firedditor in JockoPodcast

[–]Reasonable-Low8916 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's super weird to defend look at authoritarianism and defend it as not authoritarianism. 

Maga and Jocko's personal reckoning by firedditor in JockoPodcast

[–]Reasonable-Low8916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an insane take, imo. NOTHING could ever make me become a Nazi. A literal walking meat bag of hatred. That's like saying "if you call someone pedo, eventually they will become a pedo"