Since a large majority of school districts across Washington sent out RIF notices this week, here's how we got to the point:
First came the McCleary lawsuit & #waleg arrogantly & carelessly rushed to meet the deadline last minute without seeking any feedback from stakeholders. They fucked up royally, but ignored us when we told them they made things worse.
Among the things they fucked up? Elimination of the staff salary mix, which reimbursed districts for the staff they HAD, replacing it with a flat rate. This penalizes districts with more experienced staff & incentivizes only hiring new, inexperienced (& cheap) teachers. (This definitely had WA GOP fingerprints ALL over it.)
@ai6yr It's a nightmare. 5 teachers from my school are being laid off, about 67 teachers in my district, plus support staff & admins. We have a teacher shortage yet we're laying teachers off STATEWIDE in this budget cliff for schools here that was predicted back in 2018 right after the legislature unleashed their "fixes".
Waking up to pouring rain again in Salt Lake. Looks like the installation of my dad's headstone today is cancelled. Hopefully it will be dry enough on Monday that it can be done before I catch a plane back to Seattle.
Well, if I'd been in Utah, I would have broken the law today. Men's restroom was empty, no men around. Women's restroom had 7 women in line, I had a time deadline. So I opted to use the men's restroom, as did another woman. #utpol#utleg
@moira I've got some cat litter & ice melt to throw out in the morning if needed, but I'm going to wait to see what happens with school tomorrow. There's no way our buses will be able to get up/down some of the hills they have to traverse with this ice.
Funny how the crypto Nazis, the white nationalists, & the anti-mask/anti-vax/open schools/out the gay/trans kids people showing up to scream at school board meetings are all the same people. 🤔