The Board finally released the remaining funds and our teachers are heading back to the classrooms where they belong. This fight to get those educators rehired was long and deeply exhausting but you proved that accountability is possible. I will be watching the school offices closely to ensure every dollar …
March 18, 2011
Final supporters
On August 10, 2010, Congress passed the Edujobs bill, sending $104 million dollars to Chicago to rehire, recall and retain teachers. To date, approximately $30 million remains unspent. Hundreds of illegally fired teachers are still without jobs while students attend overcrowded classes. By signature below, we demand that the Chicago Board of Education spend the remaining Edujobs funds now and return experienced teachers to their students.
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December 24, 2010
I have spent my mornings reading your stories about the conditions in our classrooms and it has only deepened my resolve to see this money put to work. I am currently preparing a formal letter to the Board of Education to demand an accounting for these unspent funds. We cannot let these resources sit idle while our students and teachers suffer in overcrowded schools.
December 24, 2010
Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of the colleagues I lost in my own school when the cuts first started. It is deeply moving to see so many people acknowledge that these funds belong in the classroom with our students.
Reached 100 supporters
December 24, 2010
6 Comments
Bring them back. We need the experience.
My kids classroom is packed with 35 kids and only one teacher. They need help now.
Fix this mess. Stop wasting the funds and put them back in the classroom where they belong.
Why is that money just sitting there?? Spend it already before the school year starts
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS JUST SITTING THERE while teachers are at home and students are suffering. This is complete incompetence!!!!
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The Board finally released the remaining funds and our teachers are heading back to the classrooms where they belong. This fight to get those educators rehired was long and deeply exhausting but you proved that accountability is possible. I will be watching the school offices closely to ensure every dollar …
March 18, 2011
Final supporters
On August 10, 2010, Congress passed the Edujobs bill, sending $104 million dollars to Chicago to rehire, recall and retain teachers. To date, approximately $30 million remains unspent. Hundreds of illegally fired teachers are still without jobs while students attend overcrowded classes. By signature below, we demand that the Chicago Board of Education spend the remaining Edujobs funds now and return experienced teachers to their students.
Updates
December 24, 2010
I have spent my mornings reading your stories about the conditions in our classrooms and it has only deepened my resolve to see this money put to work. I am currently preparing a formal letter to the Board of Education to demand an accounting for these unspent funds. We cannot let these resources sit idle while our students and teachers suffer in overcrowded schools.
December 24, 2010
Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of the colleagues I lost in my own school when the cuts first started. It is deeply moving to see so many people acknowledge that these funds belong in the classroom with our students.
Reached 100 supporters
December 24, 2010
6 Comments
It is absolutely ridiculous that teachers are out of work while these kids are sitting in overcrowded classrooms. Do your jobs.
Bring them back. We need the experience.
My kids classroom is packed with 35 kids and only one teacher. They need help now.
Fix this mess. Stop wasting the funds and put them back in the classroom where they belong.
Why is that money just sitting there?? Spend it already before the school year starts
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS JUST SITTING THERE while teachers are at home and students are suffering. This is complete incompetence!!!!
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It is absolutely ridiculous that teachers are out of work while these kids are sitting in overcrowded classrooms. Do your jobs.