Maggie Deetz
Maggie Deetz
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When we reached a point in midday on Friday, when the buses were ready to go, and there was a break in the bad weather, I made the decision to let them go home. That's when I made the phone calls to the parents to let them know.
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I am looking at safety. I am not looking at the clock.
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On the high school level, I know, he can put them (the truants) on contract to attend school, and if they break that there are legal consequences, like confiscation of driver's license. I think it also includes fining the parents. But we (the schools) also ask the police to help us with the problem. And the reason why we support the ordinance is because it has immediate consequences. The police stop them and write a ticket. And they may immediately bring them back to school.
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We have quite a high number of baby boomers in our district. Combined with that, we have a retirement incentive ending in June 2007. So when we look at this large number of teachers, in order to capitalize on the retirement incentive they have to retire next June.
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We've already set aside money for recruiting. We've been talking to principals for several years about going to job fairs and connecting with the colleges. Not all teachers will be brand new; we want to lure experienced ones from the other districts. For that, we have, for the last few years, focused on getting our teachers' salary schedule competitive.
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That's a lot of money you are talking about between an increase in their retirement check and medical benefits.