I am a Detroit Public School teacher and a DFT member. Thousands of us gave time and money to help you get elected. Since then everything we have seen from your administration and Sec. Duncan have felt like attacks on us. On Sunday we will forced to accept a brutal contract that destroys most of the hard earned rights and protections we have fought over 60 years to achieve. We expected support from you, Sir, not a future of charter schools and Teach for America one-year-and-out wonders. You are losing us, as we have already lost you.
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6 comments:
Good letter Teach. I agree with you completely.
Say hi to Kid Speak for me.
Thanks, FM. We're voting on the contract offer this week. Things are very tense and tempers are frayed down here. 2009 will be a grim Christmas whichever way the vote goes.
Teach I hope the voting goes the way you want. I hate to hear it will be a grim X-mas, but I also hope you and Kid Speak have a peaceful and joyous X-mas.
Take care,
FM
Thanks, FM. The vote count should be over Friday night. I hope you and George find a good place to settle. Take care.
For what its worth, the contract passed. We should return to work in two weeks, but things are so crazy here there's a small chance something will happen and the whole thing will fall apart. Probably won't, but you won't know.
Hey Teach I'm glad to hear the contract passed. Hoping that small chance of something happening doesn't happen. Ya gotta stay positive.
Take care
FM
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