Parents, experts say district could lose strongest teachers
Parents of Baltimore City students expressed concern Monday about the district's plan to buy out up to 750 of its most experienced teachers to mitigate budget shortfalls, saying that the school system could lose valuable expertise and classroom experience."I'm a little angry about it because there was no mention about how the educators taking the buyout is going to affect the students," said T.Y. Powell, parent of a sophomore at Polytechnic Institute. "I understand that they are making a business decision, but city school students have suffered long enough because of strictly business decisions."
In addition, experts in teacher quality say the district is using a costly strategy that could push out Baltimore's strongest teachers.
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Joe...a similar option has been approved for Wicomico County. My husband got a letter stating that he would receive a 20% lump sum check if he declares by March 15 that he will retire at the end of the year. Is open to anyone that has 30 years experience or is at least 62.
ReplyDeleteWas approved at the last board mtg.