Well, now I know where you've been during all of the recent teacher-bashing threads...
Trying to save us all some time, let's predict where this thread is going to go...
- someone will come on & blame all of the problems on the unions
- someone will blame incompetent teachers
- someone will say that teachers get paid too much for only working 10 months out of the year.
- others will drag out stories about wrongs done by teachers that affected their children.
- some will point out (and probably rightly so) that this is just a big game of political extortion, where cuts are proposed that will impact children in an effort to garner monetary support to save the "cushy" central office jobs
- someone will point out that everyone is suffering from the economy so why does it matter if people involved in education also lose jobs
What did I miss?
On another note, I hear you and know exactly where you're coming from on this one. We are also going through this in PG county and it has become clear that the decision-makers do not listen to teachers, parents, or others arguing to save teaching positions and programs that directly impact the children, and cut elsewhere (cushy admin jobs), and the parents are the ones pointing out the admin jobs, not the teachers. The political entities are all playing "pass the buck, and pass the blame". I believe the whole effort is useless becuase the politicians simply do not care. They are all looking for soundbites and reputations for "getting tough and cutting budgets".
Good luck with your quest to find support. I am hoping that you find at least a few parents who will stand up and speak up for what they consider to be important to their children.
Let the mudslinging and witch-hunts commence.