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Teachers reject state's bonus plan
By TIMES STAFF
Published March 2, 2007
COUNTYWIDE Teachers reject state's bonus plan A day after the School Board rejected the state's performance pay plan, Pasco teachers overwhelmingly did the same. About 87 percent of the teachers who voted Thursday gave a thumbs-down to the plan, which would have given 5 percent bonuses to the top 25 percent of teachers based on student test scores. By rejecting the plan, the School Board and the teachers forfeited $3.5-million in state bonus money, but they hoped to spur the Legislature into revamping the controversial Special Teachers Are Rewarded program. "This phase is over," union president Lynne Webb said Thursday evening. "My hope, and I think the board's hope, is to see what the Legislature does. I don't think we're ready to rush to the table."
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by Tom
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03/02/07 11:14 AM
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Let's empower the people who really know education -- professional teachers. It is time to get past the knee jerk reactions and base our schools on solid research, not party politics.
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by Teacher
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03/02/07 10:06 AM
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We have a unique job in that we work TOGETHER to produce productive members of society, not in competition for $$$. What is to happen if another teacher comes to me for assistance in curriculum? Student late for another teachers class?...sorry.
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