Teachers
Success at school starts with respect
October 18, 2010
Column: Carol Veravanich, The Orange County
Register Oh,
some good old Aretha Franklin ... R.E.S.P.E.C.T. I am a producer
for PBS Television, so when we received an invitation to see a
screening of "Waiting For Superman," my husband and I jumped on it!
We have an 11-year-old in school and we really wanted to see what
this Superman business was all about. After the screening, we both
had opposite views on the issue. I was shocked! I thought for sure
we would spend our drive home bashing the school system together
and enjoying every bit of it, since the documentary exposed the
flaws...
Saddleback school district imposes 13.5% pay cut
August 31, 2010
Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
The Saddleback Valley
Unified School District unilaterally imposed an average 13.5
percent pay cut on all of its non-teaching, classified employees
Tuesday, after nearly a year of failed contract negotiations with
union leaders. All 1,286 district employees who are members of the
California School Employees Association union will take a 2.8
percent salary cut, 10 to 15 mandatory days of unpaid leave,
freezes to their longevity raises and increased costs for health
insurance. The two-year plan, retroactive to July 1, was approved
in a unanimous school board vote...
Facing an uncertain future
July 16, 2010
Column: Nicholas Wishek, The Orange County
Register The
upcoming election will make or break America. I am now one of over
28 million Americans who are retired. For some, ex-congressmen, for
instance, their financial future is as secure. For most of the rest
of us who aren't in the same fiscal neighborhood as Warren Buffett,
the economic future is anything but secure. This is especially true
for the 11 million Americans on Social Security. Everyone, retirees
and future retirees, should be deathly concerned about what the
future holds for us economically...
Reader Rebuttal: Teacher retirement
June 11, 2010
Letters: Charlie Fry, The Orange County
Register I am a
teacher in the same school district as Nicholas Wishek, last week's
writer ["Why I'm retiring early," Commentary, June 6] … Are you
serious? We have the greatest job in the world! We go to work each
day and are surrounded by kids who want us to teach them about ...
everything. Our job is to teach children academics and life skills
and help prepare them for their future. It doesn't matter if it's
fun all the time because we are being paid by the citizens of this
state and nation to work at it, to the best of our abilities. This
is by no means personal, Mr. Wishek, it's just a difference of
opinion…