physics,

What is your remedy? What specifically are you proposing? Are you annointing yourself king and now the citizenry is compelled to live under your rule?

Maybe you have crystal balls and know what is going to happen in the future-if you do-please tell your subjects what equities we should invest in....(and if I should bet on the Packers to win the Super Bowl).....

Gentlemen there is a big difference between that election & this subject. And I seriously doubt people opposing this move would be in minority. I don't care if these people were elected or not if they behave this way afterward and the people oppose it then they like any other leadership role in this country can be upended. I also doubt it would be as difficult & costly as say a governor recall, big difference!

physics,

Maybe there is displeasure-but this is the decision that was made. The board was dully elected. Run for school board on the promise that you are king and you will change the incentives. Good luck.

I remember not too long ago a US Governor promised to run on specific platform-and people voted him in office. There was an outrage by a minority of people that were upset that the dully elected governor would actually implement the policies he ran on-so millions of dollars were wasted in a feeble attempt to remove a politician who did what he said he would do. The finest example of temper tantrum minority politics in a generation!

If you wish to fund an expensive recall on the guise that you didnt know what your school board would do without your approval-go ahead.

Caveat emptor.

Besides the voting population isn't fully aware of all the specifics which come with a candidate. I'd be willing to bet if signatures were collected from the entire voting population on this particular subject it would reflect disapproval.

This wasn't mentioned when these individuals ran & if it would have been the results would be different today. Hence the reason for my question.

physiscs,

This is representative democracy at work. Why would you want to overturn this? This is why there are elections.

Domino,

If hundreds of "critical" FTEs have been cut I expect that the tax paying public will see a direct impact from the reduction in force-namely reduced graduation rates and poorer test scores-and since the tax paying public has a vested interest in an educated society-I am certain that those people who lost their jobs, or had to take a reduction in pay will gladly pay more in property taxes to fund teachers salaries, pensions, benefits, to maintain the quality education a child receives in the JSD.

Domino,

If hundreds of "critical" FTEs have been cut I expect that the tax paying public will see a direct impact from the reduction in force-namely reduced graduation rates and poorer test scores-and since the tax paying public has a vested interest in an educated society-I am certain that those people who lost their jobs, or had to take a reduction in pay will gladly pay more in property taxes to fund teachers salaries, pensions, benefits, to maintain the quality education a child receives in the JSD.

Domino,

If hundreds of "critical" FTEs have been cut I expect that the tax paying public will see a direct impact from the reduction in force-namely reduced graduation rates and poorer test scores-and since the tax paying public has a vested interest in an educated society-I am certain that those people who lost their jobs, or had to take a reduction in pay will gladly pay more in property taxes to fund teachers salaries, pensions, benefits, to maintain the quality education a child receives in the JSD.

Is there any way for the people to legally over turn this?

TCB
It is paradise, especially since they've cut hundreds of positions and everyone is doing their own job plus the jobs of those who were cut. And not to mention all of the new iniatives that were added. It's no different than if a factory cuts 200 jobs but the the product demands stay the same and you're expected to produce the same amount.

janesvillean- They are in the red, $3.94 million.
"The board was unanimous in approving the tax levy, the budget and use of the reserves, or fund balance, to plug a budget shortfall of $3.94 million."
http://gazettextra.com/news/2012/oct/24/...

eetech, the School District reduced the tax levy by almost 2% for the current budget cycle. The budget is not in the red. What numbers are you using?

carlito-can you please post a linke where wages were reduced-that is a specific reduction in Salary? Perhaps the JSD salary schedule that demonstrates a decrease in wages from step to step? After all teachers should receive automatic pay increases irrespective of student achievement or economic conditions? Right?

What other field should receive automatic salary increases irrespective of economic condition? Sounds like a workers paradise to me!

eetech- here are all the board members, including their email addresses.
http://www.janesville.k12.wi.us/Default....

Schulte is ineffective and fails as the JSD top dog.

Can we please get links to the BOE emails? I have a piece of my mind that they all need to hear!

"The change affects 35 individuals, including assistant principals and central-office administrators. The increases are expected to cost about $200,000 a year, which Schulte said was 0.016 percent of the district budget."

The fact that this was figured out shows a feeling of guilt or that they know what they did was wrong. BOE, MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding. They get up to 6% raises and the more important aspect of our district will possibly be taking cuts. This is absolutely infuriating. YOU ARE IN THE RED, what the heck are you thinking???????

Cut wages and benefit coverage for the real workers AKA Teachers, The Janesville School Board agreed to raises for principals and other administrators (CEO's) on an 8-1 vote Tuesday night. What a joke...

Hmmmm.....are the teachers ready to work for incentive pay?

"Board President Bill Sodemann said if a principal delivers the kind of test-score increases the district is aiming for, he'd gladly pay the full amount budgeted for incentive pay." First of all, Bill, YOU are not paying anything. The taxpayers are. Second, a principal cannot deliver squat without quality teachers doing their jobs in the classroom. Where is the incentive pay for the teachers who are actually producing the results ???

Board President Bill Sodemann said if a principal delivers the kind of test-score increases the district is aiming for, he'd gladly pay the full amount budgeted for incentive pay.

Just goes to show how out of freaking touch you are with the school system Billy. The principal should be rewarded for the test scores increasing huh? Not the teachers. Got a bone to pick huh? I am sure that is how it is in your business, you are rewarded for your employees breaking their backs but that doesn't mean it is right and it doesn't belong in the public school system. Please stick to the "private" sector where you can can demand respect and not have to earn it.

Oh yeah, and don't P.M. me calling me names. I don't care what you have to say, it means nothing.