(((kat))) what the hell?
Also does revising a contract like that even hold up?
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
hippocampus - Apr 14, 2008 4:36:20 pm PDT #1784 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
sarameg - Apr 14, 2008 4:37:12 pm PDT #1785 of 10001
Shit, Kat. You and my mom are living parallel lives. You are still in district right, and just have to find another opening once they are posted? Shit.
LAUSD is really fucking up.
Jesse - Apr 14, 2008 4:37:40 pm PDT #1786 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Apparently the school district took the old contract (which ended June 30), crossed out the end date and wrote in May 21.
That shit doesn't seem right!
Lee - Apr 14, 2008 4:39:38 pm PDT #1787 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It really doesn't. Fuckwads.
sarameg - Apr 14, 2008 4:40:05 pm PDT #1788 of 10001
(My mom's principal traded the 2 or 3 PDTs for keeping the ass't principal because the school is under 250 or something. And didn't tell the PDTs. They found out through the rumor mill and had to seek the principal out for confirmation, which was nervously given.)
beth b - Apr 14, 2008 4:40:20 pm PDT #1789 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
used to go from NYC to SC to see my folks . 18 hours ( same as car basically) Not late and before cell phone towers were everywhere. DH was in vacation mode by the time we got there. We usually got a room - on special pay a fair for on e - and a 2nd person came free - so it was cheaper than flying.
beth b - Apr 14, 2008 4:41:04 pm PDT #1790 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
and that seems wrong Kat- I mean unlawful.
Kat - Apr 14, 2008 4:44:46 pm PDT #1791 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yeah. Except I think there was probably a clause in there about termination of the contract by convenience.
The principals don't know yet. I'm supposed to tell my principal tomorrow.
It fucks me up short term, but I was planning on going back to the classroom in the fall anyhow. I'm on loan to my employer, but still an employee of the district. It fucks up the teachers who resigned more.
bon bon - Apr 14, 2008 4:53:42 pm PDT #1792 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Damn, Kat. That seems wrong. You've agreed to a contract; it seems weird they can terminate at any time.
Can someone explain this Harry Potter Lexicon thing to me? From the JKR standpoint looks like:
From my understanding, as the copyright owner, she has first right to make money off the subsidiary works. They are making subsidiary works without her permission, and therefore she can't make money off a lexicon. I thought they had a dictionary of HP. I haven't researched it or anything, but seems like she's in the right on this one, just as if I'd tried to publish a lexicon of Vampire People. That's your right to do.
Kat - Apr 14, 2008 5:00:56 pm PDT #1793 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It does seem wrong. But keep in mind, this is a $17.5 million contract that has lasted for 10 years with my employer as the sole provider. It caused a stink, I think. And the district is looking at huge budget cuts.
They are claiming that in 2003-2004 my employer went over budget (though under budget this year and last) and (even though in 2004 and 2005 my employer provided $100,000+ in work that the district never paid) and so they are using the new date as recoupment.
What I think is most interesting is our last day is the last day of the official state standardized testing that the coaches provide a tremendous amount of support for. How convenient that it's our last day.