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Originally posted by Beatfreak
Once again, insufficient.
I cannot argue points 1 and 3 because I'm an ignorant New Yorker, save me God.
On point number 2, those that were laid off did not have tenure yet. Please tell me how tenure = being an unnecessary teacher. There are some teachers protected by tenure that shouldn't be. And like I said, the generous early retiring teachers saved those teachers that had potential for being cut.
On point number 4, you're using one article from Hunterdon County. May I remind you that Hunterdon County is ranked 4th in highest-income counties in the entire country. Of course they won't be affected by the cuts when they have the wealth to spread around.
Try again.
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I could really care less about the education system in NY. Can I ask why you care so much for NJ?
Teachers weren't just fired for the hell of it. A lot of research was done to look into the wasted state money schools spent. It is evident that several schools had an unnecessary number of teachers and too big of a staff. It is the school's decision to fire teachers.
What about the greed of many schools? The benefits that teachers have are unbelievable and are unavailable in most other professions. Christie asked them to accept a year without raise and it becomes a tragedy.
As of right now, everything is back to normal. Schools are running and functioning properly as they were before with less money funded from the state. Yet, little impact has been made. This is all because their only option was to spend their money wisely and not waste. This is what it should have been like all along.