Oh Kat, that's terrible. Is that 11,000 all teachers? Fuck.
Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.
Willow ,'First Date'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Sue - Mar 07, 2012 5:40:28 pm PST #25696 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Amy - Mar 07, 2012 5:42:52 pm PST #25697 of 30001
Because books.
Oh jesus, Kat. That's an insane number.
What's the bad number with blood pressure? Or the worse one? Mine was, for the first time pretty much ever, not 110/70 when I was at the doctor last week (I think it was 130/80). Is that bad?
meara - Mar 07, 2012 5:44:21 pm PST #25698 of 30001
Kat, really? Ten years doesn't keep you??? That's crazy. How many teachers are there? Is this one of those summer pink slips and they'll likely rehire in the fall, or more like "Hey, we have a rental, let's go move to Seattle!"? :)
Kat - Mar 07, 2012 5:44:41 pm PST #25699 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, the beta blocker is metoprolol that he prescribed!
Sue, I don't know. They just said employees in the story. [link]
Liese S. - Mar 07, 2012 5:48:05 pm PST #25700 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, that sucks so much, Kat.
le nubian - Mar 07, 2012 5:49:06 pm PST #25701 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kat,
that is fucking terrible - for you and the students and the other teachers. what madness.
I was listening to This American Life this week (I did not finish it yet) and they were talking about how Trenton, NY cut like 1/3rd or more of the cops and the crime rate has doubled. They cut other public employees and other city services are delayed and hampered.
Ugh.
Kat - Mar 07, 2012 5:49:22 pm PST #25702 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I would love to move to Seattle. Find us jobs, will you, meara!
The last info I can find on # of teachers is 45,000 in 2007-2008 (35,000 other employees), but there have been probably 10,000 terminated since then. So 11,000 is an insane-o huge number.
smonster - Mar 07, 2012 5:50:36 pm PST #25703 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh my lord, Kat! So, about a third? INSANE. Totally insane. Uggh.
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2012 5:52:42 pm PST #25704 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
(I think it was 130/80). Is that bad?
That's above normal, and yet not considered high: [link] I think what that translates to is "Keep an eye on it." Since that's the first time it's been above normal, I wouldn't start worrying just yet. It could have been a fluke, you could have had white-coat hypertension, or it could be increased blood pressure.
But bear in mind that it's not within the realm of *high* blood pressure, either.
Kat - Mar 07, 2012 5:56:13 pm PST #25705 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I doubt that the 11,000 would be teachers only. Right now, there are 2,749 people in the district with English credentials. Some are dual credentialed and are principals etc. Like the person who is at 2,742 is the local district superintendant (her seniority date is 1/7/1971).
My seniority number is 1161, which means they'd have to cut 1,160 other English credential holders before they cut me.
I have all of this info in a pdf file. All of the seniority for all English people in the district. This is like having the hospital chargemasters. There is something wrong with me.