Personally, Walton County ought to just opt out of this thing, double the millage rate, run the schools the way they want and let us see how scores do in five or so years.
SB6 Punishment of Teachers Bill Passed in the Middle of the NIght
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Personally, Walton County ought to just opt out of this thing, double the millage rate, run the schools the way they want and let us see how scores do in five or so years.
Your poor spelling, lead by example.
It's looking increasingly likely Crist will veto the bill.
What prevents Walton County from implementing it's own version of merit pay? I'm not familiar with how such a system would come about locally. Can the school board implement it? Would they, or is the board controlled by the unions?
Or better yet just go back and check since 2000 the increase in $$$ spent vs the increase in achievement.
Gov. Crist vetoes teacher tenure bill - St. Petersburg Times
Glad to see it. From what I've read, the bill was poorly written and bad policy. I feel like we should have high standards for K-12 education, but this wasn't the way to do it.
Glad to see it. From what I've read, the bill was poorly written and bad policy. I feel like we should have high standards for K-12 education, but this wasn't the way to do it.
Just got back from Tallahassee, and I was not suprised SB 6 was passed. There was a lot of arm twisting to get that bill passed. I suspect there will be a lot of turn over in both the House and Senate because of it. What was suprising was that I was told this was a good Bill and some were even angry because they were questioned about it. It was disappointing that quite a few of them were from our area and have teachers in or are teachers. When I brought up Mark Davis and his comments with regards to the Bill, I got the extreme impression that it did not make any difference. To Representative Marti Coley's credit, she understood my concerns and was at least honest when she told me she was going to vote for the Bill, but even she had concerns. There were others who told me flat out they would not vote for the Bill and then did.
A Quinipac poll I was made aware of before leaving Tallahassee does not agree, or so I was told. It narrows the margin of Rubio over Crist to single digits with Crist as a third party candidate. It also, as I was informed, shows Meek doing well (gaining) against Rubio. Now I have not seen the poll, but I tend to believe the source. So although Crist said he would not run as an Independent, he may still decide to run as an NPA, although most say he won't. We'll have to wait and see.and with it, the political career of Charlie Crist comes to an end.
After finding the Poll I was wrong, Meek looked better and Crist still looked bad against Rubio. Sorry for my misunderstanding of what I was told.
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and with it, the political career of Charlie Crist comes to an end.
If that's true, we should have more politicians willing to sacrifice their political careers to do the right thing.
