Stop unfair compensation practices of the Union School District Board
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Nathan Jones
10 years ago
Not fair: Teachers have to pay for expensive Health Care Coverage when administrators and School Board Members receive coverage for free!
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Steve Wooledge
10 years ago
Our teachers deserve fair compensation.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
We have lost too many great staff members already!
Our teachers deserve equal benefits and better pay!
STOP BEING GREEDY USD!!!!!
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Emily Gomez
10 years ago
Adminstrators and board members should never have better benefits than teachers.
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Bernie Stark
10 years ago
Double standards. The teachers deserve free insurance and the board members should pay. They are not dedicating their lives to inrich our children.
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Anne-Marie Hart
10 years ago
Teachers deserve what they are asking for!
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Janet Stevenson
10 years ago
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I have lived in the Alta Vista neighborhood for 31+ years. I do not have children, but have voted for the parcel taxes to help our schools. I am in favor of the teachers. They need an increase in pay or else they will leave for a better paying job.
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Tobie Schweizer
10 years ago
They deserve the best.
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Augie Argabright
10 years ago
Teachers are the backbone of the system. Pay them and give them the same medical benefits you awarded to yourselves and administrators.
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Virginia Jennings
10 years ago
It is time for the elected board to do the right thing for our teachers and students.
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Laura Lajeunesse
10 years ago
I've been teaching in Palo Alto for 20 years, but live in USD boundaries. The commute has been wearing on me. I looked into making a district change, but I would take a $30k pay cut and pay triple more in benefits. I'll keep commuting. You can do better USD, take care of your teachers. You are keeping highly qualified teachers from coming to your district.
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Mike McCormick
10 years ago
Respect our teachers, they respect your kids. We have already lost too many great teachers, please keep the quality of education in our district.
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Ann Halkett
10 years ago
I love our teachers! They deserve better than this for all the tremendous amount they give of themselves. They have an amazing craft that they share with our children. I don't want them taken for granted!!
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Jan Borgersen
10 years ago
how does the board justify reduced healthcare costs for themselves but not the teachers! Don't think we wont remember this when it comes time to vote for a new school board member. #OurTaxesWeSayYesPayTeachers>$
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Stephan Wilson
10 years ago
If you want to attract and keep quality Teachers, you need to ante up people. Even if the District Board needs to take a pay cut...this is the price of doing business in the Bay Area. Get over it!!!
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Anonymous
10 years ago
I'm a parent of 2 USD students and I'm disappointed to learn USD teachers are being disrespected by greedy board members. How can they refuse teachers better health benefits while they get great coverage.
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Kelly Blank
10 years ago
I work with amazing, dedicated teachers, who work hard to ensure our children are getting a high quality education let's pay them what the are worth!
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Kathleen Anderson
10 years ago
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I taught in Union District for 33years. The compensation packages were always below the surrounding districts. It is time for the Union School District to finally recognize the talented teachers employed by USD with a fair compensation package.
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Richard Franklin Landis
10 years ago
As a retired teacher from the state of Tennessee, I know first-hand the effects of a public school district's devaluing of professional teachers: low morale among colleagues, exodus of experienced quality educators to other professions or other school districts, and failure to attract highly qualified new teachers to the district. Do you really want to be like Tennessee?!
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Carol
10 years ago
We have excellent teachers in the Union District and live in one of the most expensive areas to live....Their compensation should be elevated to reflect this!!!
Not fair: Teachers have to pay for expensive Health Care Coverage when administrators and School Board Members receive coverage for free!
Our teachers deserve fair compensation.
We have lost too many great staff members already! Our teachers deserve equal benefits and better pay! STOP BEING GREEDY USD!!!!!
Adminstrators and board members should never have better benefits than teachers.
Double standards. The teachers deserve free insurance and the board members should pay. They are not dedicating their lives to inrich our children.
Teachers deserve what they are asking for!
I have lived in the Alta Vista neighborhood for 31+ years. I do not have children, but have voted for the parcel taxes to help our schools. I am in favor of the teachers. They need an increase in pay or else they will leave for a better paying job.
They deserve the best.
Teachers are the backbone of the system. Pay them and give them the same medical benefits you awarded to yourselves and administrators.
It is time for the elected board to do the right thing for our teachers and students.
I've been teaching in Palo Alto for 20 years, but live in USD boundaries. The commute has been wearing on me. I looked into making a district change, but I would take a $30k pay cut and pay triple more in benefits. I'll keep commuting. You can do better USD, take care of your teachers. You are keeping highly qualified teachers from coming to your district.
Respect our teachers, they respect your kids. We have already lost too many great teachers, please keep the quality of education in our district.
I love our teachers! They deserve better than this for all the tremendous amount they give of themselves. They have an amazing craft that they share with our children. I don't want them taken for granted!!
how does the board justify reduced healthcare costs for themselves but not the teachers! Don't think we wont remember this when it comes time to vote for a new school board member. #OurTaxesWeSayYesPayTeachers>$
If you want to attract and keep quality Teachers, you need to ante up people. Even if the District Board needs to take a pay cut...this is the price of doing business in the Bay Area. Get over it!!!
I'm a parent of 2 USD students and I'm disappointed to learn USD teachers are being disrespected by greedy board members. How can they refuse teachers better health benefits while they get great coverage.
I work with amazing, dedicated teachers, who work hard to ensure our children are getting a high quality education let's pay them what the are worth!
I taught in Union District for 33years. The compensation packages were always below the surrounding districts. It is time for the Union School District to finally recognize the talented teachers employed by USD with a fair compensation package.
As a retired teacher from the state of Tennessee, I know first-hand the effects of a public school district's devaluing of professional teachers: low morale among colleagues, exodus of experienced quality educators to other professions or other school districts, and failure to attract highly qualified new teachers to the district. Do you really want to be like Tennessee?!
We have excellent teachers in the Union District and live in one of the most expensive areas to live....Their compensation should be elevated to reflect this!!!