Ogden, UT teachers get take-it-or-leave it contract deal

[The Northerner]

OGDEN — Teachers employed by the Ogden School District will get letters over this holiday weekend, informing them they have 20 days or fewer to sign a new contract or they will lose their jobs.

After months of contract negotiations with the teachers’ association, the school district announced on Thursday that it will bypass the representative body and offer a take-it-or-leave-it contract deal to its individual teachers.

The letters sent to teachers end with the words: “Please note that should we not receive your signed contract by 4:00 p.m. on July 20, 2011, we will declare your current position open for hire.”

District Superintendent Noel R. Zabriskie said his word of choice to describe the school board’s decision, and the features of the new contract, is “bold.”

Read more: http://www.standard.net/topics/education/2011/06/30/ogden-teachers-get-take-it-or-leave-it-contract-deal

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. uh oh. n/t

:-(

[okieinpain]

2. none of this threating would be possible is we had normal

employment, but having everyone out of work makes it possible.

[guruoo]

3. As the RWers intended when they created this economic mess nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. +1. The basket-case economy makes school "reform" feasible.

Bad news for teachers and people who care about school quality.