On Step by step, Janesville teachers are getting a pay increase
Posted on October 26 at 6:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Bill Sodemann
I thought the school board did not want to negotiate through the paper? If this is not negotiating in the paper then why didn't the article include steps for administrators or anyone else in the school district? Why always the teachers? Also, when administrators take additional credits or training do they pay for it or the school district?
On Step by step, Janesville teachers are getting a pay increase
Posted on October 25 at 9:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
So far no ripping on teachers. I am impressed! Before some of you do, consider this from the article.
"The Janesville School Board is well aware that most taxpayers are facing pay freezes, pay cuts, furloughs or layoffs. So it froze administrative salaries for at least the first semester and offered a freeze for teachers as its opening offer when negotiations began last May.
They want to freeze the teachers for the year but administrators for only the first semester. And if you can read between the lines it is only for the first semester because if the teachers do settle they will for sure give the administrators their raise. We should start at the top and work our way down before we rip on teachers. After all, they have not even asked for a raise yet.
On Janesville school aid higher than expected
Posted on October 17 at 6:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Pete:
This is a line from one of your blogs.
"and tell the teacher there is no need for a raise because the cost of live has actually went down".
Can you get it in your head THE TEACHERS HAVE NOT ASKED FOR A RAISE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT TALKS!!!
On Further school budget cuts fail
Posted on October 14 at 9:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Here is food for thought. Sodeman is so tied up in himself and unwilling to be honest whenever he speaks he does not even realize that the teachers have not even brought up salary increases in contract talks yet. I guess he loves to hear himself talk and get people against teachers. I wonder if he believes in Studer.
On Janesville City Council nixes bar, volleyball courts
Posted on October 13 at 7:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I remember a couple of years ago when Trading Spaces bar downtown was allowed to open next to a teenage driving school forcing them to move. The city council was not concerned then. One of the council members who voted no voted yes for Trading Spaces back then. I guess it is all about who you are!
On Freeze needs to include JEA members
Posted on July 17 at 11:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
rocksolid,
Did the administration and/or custodians receive a pay holiday this past year for their health premiums? If so will the teachers ever get this?
On 2 recommended for Janesville school posts
Posted on July 11 at 7:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
$124,900 and $124,500 is the salary for each position. WOW!
On Freeze needs to include JEA members
Posted on July 11 at 7:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DKS - You are correct! That is exactly what teachers are asking for. Rocksolid could of cleared that up but always refuses to give the teachers some credit. Goodboy, you are also correct. The teachers wanted the negotations in public but the board said no. Why is that rocksolid?
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On Step by step, Janesville teachers are getting a pay increase
Posted on October 26 at 10:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Bill Sodemann,
"you fail to factor in that every time a teacher goes through the time, cost and effort to further their studies, they "move over a lane" and receive that increase for the balance of their career"
This is from your last post. According to the salary schedule in the paper when a teacher reaches the top they no longer are guaranteed an increase in pay. If a teacher reaches this in their first 17 years and teaches another 18 to 20 years or more the cost comes out of their own pocket with no increase. Don't teachers have to renew their license every 5 years? Don't teachers have to take credits to do this? So yes they may get the increase for "the balance of their career" but they also will lose money once they reach the top. Is this correct?