Comments on: Escambia School District, Teachers Union Reach Salary Increase Agreement

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 02:26:47 +0000

Here’s a glimpse into the day of a bus driver. Who makes $24000 a year 10 months.
Monday 60 elementary kids sound bouncing off the roof. Sally’s crying because Suzy’s not her friend. Tommy and Robby (bros) get into a fight over who knows what. Mary’s tummy hurts causes she hungry. That’s before 7 am. Onto middle/ high school runs. I’ve written up 6 kids for vaping on bus in the am they get back on in the pm still vaping . By 5 pm my head is rolling off my shoulders. Go home tackle kids homework dinner then to bed to do it again tomorrow. Why because I care about your child!
Teachers aren’t going to have kids to teach because mass call outs are coming! (Bus flu)

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:56:40 +0000

So the government keeps giving raises to its folks descent benefits, but the corporations just do stock buybacks reject doing the right thing and passing on the rotors to employees. Capitalism is phony only works for the 1%

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:28:43 +0000

What about the coustdiion people as well??

By: n.godwin

n.godwin — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:26:42 +0000

wjhat did the maintenance, office, and janitorial workers get? the blue collar folks?

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 22:43:46 +0000

Answers to a few comments here….
I have worked both public and correctional education. Frankly, the inmates were better students in regard to respect and effort in many cases. I’ve spent 20 years in correctional education and 19 years in public education. I love my job in spite of it’s many challenges. I will say that unless you’ve subbed or been a teacher, you really can’t pass an opinion on our working conditions. We don’t have great infrastructure and I constantly buy things for my classroom out of my own money or I wouldn’t be able to teach. I might add that several of the critics on this thread must not have paid attention in English class. I’ve seen to, where too was needed multiple times. Don’t comment on things you have no experience with. It just makes you look foolish. And, just because we knew what we were getting into, but cared enough to do it anyway, does not make it right. I pay taxes too!

By: Stumpknocker

Stumpknocker — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:27:42 +0000

The teachers knew the pay and conditions prior to becoming a teacher, the rules and procedures didn’t change once they were hired. They knew what they were signing up for.

By: derek

derek — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:03:02 +0000

Just a quick note about unions! The teachers union is a local union for the county, not a large national union. The union has no authority because the state of Florida does not have binding arbitration. In other words, the county could agree to a 10 percent pay increase and then a month from now say…..oops we aren’t doing that! Teachers in Florida have NO JOB SECURITY from year to year. In other words, a teacher must wait every year and hope and pray they will have the following year. Anyone thi king about teaching in Northwest Florida should consider taking their Bachelors or Masters degree to Navy Federal where they can make on average 40-50% more money with better benefits!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:20:32 +0000

@JR

The way you combat price gouging is setting prices. Do you really want the government to decide how much businesses are allowed to charge for their products?

That’s kinda the complete opposite of the le sais faire, free market doctrine that Republicans like to run on.

By: Josh Jones

Josh Jones — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:44:36 +0000

@JR

“the Democratic Party….the political party and policies that have led to the current inflation rate.”

So the US Democrat party is responsible for inflation all over the world? Who knew it had such power. Did the Democrats also raise the price of gas?

By: ESP

ESP — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:40:48 +0000

Happy for the teachers. At least some employees will be getting a raise. All you here about in the news is teachers but their are hundreds of educational support personnel employees who are here 12 months out of the year working behind the scenes out of the medias attention who are also feeling left out, un-appreciated, and burnt out. The moral is extremely low. The board members have been hearing this from a few ESP’s at the monthly meetings but they just sit without giving so much as a “hey, we hear you”. If you don’t know, the ESP employees fall under the operations division. They are warehouse workers, school bus drivers, food service workers, bus mechanics, bus washers, custodians, transportation, IT workers, maintenance department workers, surplus operations, capital improvement employees and so many others. Just like the teachers you hear about in the news, the ESP employees are leaving in droves also and they cant find people on the outside to fill these positions at the current rate of pay. ESP are valuable employees and need to be recognized as so. All of this behind the scenes and out of the media stuff an ESP does is what keeps the school doors opening each day.