Teacher layoffs & realignment

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Departments</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minneapolis News archives"><U>Minneapolis News</U></A>  </div> <div> <A HREF="id198.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="from the mpls issues list"><U>Mpls Issues List</U></A></div> <div> <B>Topic</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id472.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Topic: Minneapolis Public Schools"><U>Minneapolis Public Schools</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id471.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Topic: Teachers "><U>Teachers</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mann for School Board </B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mann for School Board "><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Teacher layoffs & realignment</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id345.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to file a grievance without the unio"><U>How to "file a grievance" without the union's cooperation </U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id347.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Importance of raising issue of excessive"><U>Importance of raising issue of excessive layoffs</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id350.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Demand action from the School Board "><U>Demand action from the School Board </U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id351.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Ed teacher qualifications reali"><U>Special Ed teacher qualifications & realignment</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id353.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press release: MPS teachers preparing to"><U>Press release: MPS teachers preparing to sue district over "realignments" </U></A></div> <div> Teacher layoffs & realignment</div> <bR> <div> Also see:  <A HREF="id352.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Layoffs, realignments, and the 20042005 "><U>Layoffs, realignments, and the 2004-2005 budget</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id387.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teacher realignment was a politically ex"><U><B>Teacher realignment was a politically expedient (& illegal) option </B></U></A></div> <div> Reply to a widely published editorial by Board members Johnson and Erickson</div> <div> by Doug Mann, 11 September 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id380.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I accuse the Minneapolis school board of"><U><B>I accuse the Minneapolis School board of crimes & cover-ups</B></U></A></div> <div> by Doug Mann, 28 August 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id381.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How many probationary teachers in K3, 46"><U><B>How many probationary teachers in K-3, 4-6 positions? </B></U></A></div> <div> [Mpls] Request for release of information per MN data practices act</div> <div> by Doug Mann, 01 September 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MPS administration estimates 3,000 fewer"><U><B>MPS administration estimates 3,000 fewer students than last year</B></U></A></div> <div> The 2004-2005 budget is based on estimate of 4,600 fewer students </div> <div> than last year. The reassignment of 140 tenured teachers from elementary </div> <div> classrooms made it possible to rehire all of the probationary teachers assigned </div> <div> to elementary grade classrooms last year. The district says those reassignments were done to save the jobs of tenured teachers.</div> <div> by Doug Mann, 01 September 2004 </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id384.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School enrollment accounting gimmicks"><U><B>Student enrollment & accounting gimmicks</B></U></A></div> <div> There were fewer actual students than budgeted students in the fall of  2003,</div> <div> according to Strib education beat writer Steve Brandt. How many actual </div> <div> teachers? How many actual teacher positions were cut at the end of the </div> <div> 2003-2004 school year? </div> <div> by Doug Mann, 03 September 2004, (from mpls issue list)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id385.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Re: School enrollment accounting gimmic"><U><B>Re: School enrollment & accounting gimmicks</B></U></A></div> <div> Why is school enrollment falling? what can be done about it?</div> <div> By Doug Mann, 04 September 2004 (from mpls issues list)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id386.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Re: Teacher placement in MPS schools"><U><B>Re: Teacher placement in MPS schools</B></U></A></div> <div> by Doug Mann, 05 September 2004 (mpls issues list discussion)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id376.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Excessive layoffs contribute to high tea"><U><B>Excessive Layoffs contribute to high teacher turnover</B></U></A></div> <div> What can be done to reduce overexposure of students to inexperienced teachers?</div> <div> by Doug Mann, 24 August 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id375.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Number of Teacher Positions since 200120"><U><B>Number of Teacher Positions since 2001-2002</B></U></A></div> <div> Regular K-12 & Special Ed (MPS data)</div> <div> by Doug Mann, 24 August 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id372.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MPS Update on Teacher Realignment Proces"><U><B>MPS Update on Teacher Realignment Process</B></U></A></div> <div> Press release, 10 Aug. 2004, Minneapolis Public Schools</div> <div> <B>Comment by Doug Mann:</B> Again, district officials say the MPS budget</div> <div> for 2004-2005 called for "the reduction of more than 600 teachers."  </div> <div> Yet the 2004-2005 budget calls for<B> </B>210 fewer full time teacher positions</div> <div> than the 2003-2004 budget.  </div> <div>     It is also noteworthy that the district <B>reassigned 140</B> high-seniority </div> <div> elementary teachers<B> in order to preserve the jobs of 92</B> elementary </div> <div> teachers with tenure (and less seniority), according to the press release.</div> <div>     The objective of the realignment process was to realign high-seniority </div> <div> teachers out of their jobs, not to save the jobs of any tenured teachers. </div> <div> Moreover, the district is doing a whole lot more teacher reshuffling than is </div> <div> necessary, and the supplementary teacher reshuffling was not done with</div> <div> the informed consent of the affected [tenured]teachers, which is a </div> <div> violation of the teacher tenure act, in my opinion.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id369.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Re: Special Ed teacher qualifications r"><U><B>Re: Special Ed teacher qualifications & realignment</B></U></A></div> <div> Email received from Board member Ross Taylor, 9 Aug. 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id370.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resonse to Ross Taylor re: Special Ed te"><U><B>Response to Ross Taylor re:</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id370.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resonse to Ross Taylor re: Special Ed te"><U><B>Special Ed teacher qualifications & realignment</B></U></A></div> <div> By Doug Mann, 10 August 2004</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>