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A new type of school system has popped up and has been very successful in low income areas. P-Tech or Pathways in Technology Early College High School partner with the Education Department, Colleges, and business to produce a marketable young adult. Graduation from a P-Tech school will earn the student his High School Diploma and an Associate Degree. These school stress science, math, and technology with a touch of real life working experience.
These type of school prepare student for the working world. Working close with businesses they create an employee with marketable skills.
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I think that the only positions really effected by these cuts are some jobs being shuffled around somewhat like the County has done. Yes they have cut but not as significantly as indicated.. Theres a good chance the minimum wage will be raised if the Republicans like Patty Ritchie would get on board but dont hold your breath.. Her boss Skelos of long island dosnt want it so I,m sure she will go along with him... Anyway if the minimum wages go up are we budgeted for such>??
By the way they polled the NYS public and over seventy percent want the minimum wage increased..
What the hell does the GOP want... Most of them seem to be out of touch with poor people and those barely getting along.. Its about time Ritche stands up to the party and votes for the poor district she represents....
Anon 7:28 they do not pay min. wage in the county. This is a big measure by the Dems in the Assembly and the Governor will need to be on board with the GOP.
There are plus and minuses to min. wage increase. It may help NYC but will have little effect on NNY. Then add the lost jobs and increase prices that will be passed on to the poor. This is not the win win, everyone thinks.
Merger with whom? Hell no one will merge with us, thanks to the constant negative coverage provided by The Journal.
It say's O-burg School system has lost 50 positions in the last 5 years ? I SAY BULL!!!
Name them ????
No names people retiring! or People that are layed off when its buget time and hired back right after buget time. Also Its not all teaching positions!!!
The number 50 is a political figure for the taxpayer to feel sorry for the poor teachers. Remenber it's all for the children!! More BS from the Dept.of Educa325467 (Bull Shit)
If you do not agree with me ....come on list the 50 positions cut?
I also believe that statement is BS prepared by the school board and Vernssy... I personally know six people who have started work in the last three years at the schools.. If my little world knows six people I cant imagine the real picture.
I,m not sure about the resourse officer position but its another example of taxpayers dollars wasted. It was scheduled to be cut was it??? SLC has made the same claim and I know that they have basicly done the same thing.. Cutting a postiion here only to rename it somewhere else. Tehy attempted to balance there budget on their employees back but failed miserably..
Dont get me wrong, we need some services and in order to maintain these services we need good employees. To get good employees and keep them we need to pay good wages and benefits to thos who hold these jobs.. What we need to do is cut the fluff. Thats not happening.
They may have lost 50 positions due to retirement. The question is how many they hired back. The difference is what I want to know. How the school board and Mr. Vernsey protect themselves in a blanket of diversion, slated statements to the press, and last but not least "It is all about the Kids".
That last contract proved it was not about the kids. Raises for 3 straight years + step raises, only in the teaching profession. Generous raises for administration and then they complain it is going to be a tough year on the kids.
The kids continue to pay the price for increase pay raises for the teachers and administration. They continue to throw the kids under the bus for their personal gain.
The Unions are at fault and they and an incredibly WEAK school board who does little to represent the interest of the taxpaying public .
THIS problem will ONLY be resolved WHEN the STATE either wrests control and centralizes ALL decision making by eliminating the role of local boards and investing it in the REGENTS, or by Mandating minimum sizes for school districts.
Funding tied to that scenario is required to break The Unholy Alliance of Weak Board and Strong Unions all wreaKING Havoc on local budgets and tax bases .
Remember THIS is the SAME bunch that spent 57 MILLION dollars within the last budget on an UN-NEEDED and UNJUSTIFIABLE renovation/ Construction project and the taxpayers were screwed over by this Unholy Alliance .
Moreover the debt service will continue for DECADES and we are still being screwed by the 95/5 multiple expansion projects foisted on us in the late 80's and early 90's which NEVER were All for the Kids
P-tech was just in Time Mag. Sounds like a good concept. Concentration in math, science, and real life work experiences. Could be the first step in fixing some of our school problems.
P-Tech is neither a NEW concept nor THE sole answer. Combinations of college in the high school programs were started in the 70's by many organizations .
E.G. locally. Canton ATC has had that kind of arrangement with several area schools since that time .
It is worthwhile BUT doesn't address the larger audience .
Brooklyn's program is effective BUT be assured that enrollment is limited to the ABLE, such that one size doesn't fit all.
If you look at the demographics a initiative MUST address the Under- represented ethnicities in the job market and effectively deal with the entire gamut of peripheral needs that often preclude EFFECTIVE learning .
A good start yes, BUT more effective allocation of resources and much more effective cost benefit analysis needs to applied to ALL facets of educational programming .
This requires SOPHISTICATED management, not good ole boy skills which is so often the case under local control .. Many board members while well intended have little to no experience in managing /leading complex organizations with multiple unions and often conflicting demands . State level control is a better way -- Just sayin !
A lot of neg. on the p-tech and no ideas. We had a couple liberal art classes no degree program in the past. We did not integrate with industry and you are right about leading complex organizations. Most have the teacher's interest at heart and would not look for an alternative. We are stuck until a drastic change occurs, consolidation and vouchers may be the start.
ever heard of Tech Prep program nationally been around since late 80's -- had combo of hs and degrees so p tech is just another iteration my friend. we need a total rethink of education based on MERIT not just plain and simple access issues
How many students has the district lost in the same time period?
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