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On the announcement Please visit our yard sale this Friday or Saturday 4/26 and 27
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On the article Tentative Geneva Teachers Agreement Struck; School in Session Monday
Dave Larson
10:12 am on Monday, November 12, 2012
Well said Sue S. I'm also happy that an agreement was reached!
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On the article UPDATE: Geneva Teachers Set to Strike on Monday; GEA Issues Press Release
Dave Larson
11:03 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
ReplyWhy wait until Tuesday? The BOE negotiating team seems to be dragging this out purposely!
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
9:39 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Sorry Jules, I hope you weren't feeling too neglected! Did you uncover this info on one of your covert missions to Graham's 318? Actually, I heard that it will be at noon on Sunday. You guys will never expect that.
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
9:29 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
ReplySilence - I think I have a solution for you: You can put stacks of tea bags under your chair legs to tilt it way over to the right. That should fix the problem you're experiencing.
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
7:44 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
ReplyBoy, some of you are cranky tonight! It's not like you lost an election or anything...
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
7:17 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
ReplyBeth, I already know Arron but I don't know Debbie. Does she post on the Patch too?
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
3:38 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
ReplyBeth, You write “Unless someone here is an administrator who has researched these models, I doubt they are capable of offering much other than opinion”. If that is the case, how can the subset of BOE members, involved in the negotiations, make these decisions? Aren’t they just members of the community just like everyone posting here? At the last meeting, Mr. Grosso said that they are not getting any outside assistance during these negotiations and he has also mentioned that the admins are not involved.
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
2:09 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Oh, I almost forgot: Remember, all salaries are public information so you can't pay women less like you do in the "real world"!
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On the article Geneva School Board, GEA Will Meet Again Thursday
Dave Larson
1:54 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
ReplyDo any of you have anything constructive to offer? Apparently it’s easy to talk about your cutting and slashing – especially when you post anonymously -- but now you need to have some kind of solution to offer. How do you propose to replace the step-and-lane system that you don’t like? Bruce says “I have no problem paying great salaries and benefits to great teachers based on merit and performance to the extent available within the resources of the community”. If that’s the case, what is your proposed compensation and evaluation system? What’s the definition of a “great salary”? How about the “great benefits”? How much should a starting teacher make? What happens if they are already experienced? What are their opportunities for merit increases? How much should an experienced teacher make? How does compensation change with increasing experience? How would compensation change with additional education? How are they evaluated? Who evaluates them?
Dave Larson
9:34 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
I'll be there!