Comments on: A word on behalf of our Public School Instructional Assistants

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:32:00 +0000

Yes, many of us are attending PAA in September in New Haven. I will send you the notes from our last meeting. Let’s stay in touch. You can always bring your daughter. We will take turns entertaining and watching her.

By: Brutus2011

Brutus2011 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:56:00 +0000

to Bill Morrison and Linda174: I don’t get out much (am raising my daughter by myself) and I don’t know or can suggest a location. All I can say is that it is more likely for me to attend if the meeting is somewhere south of Hartford. FYI-there is a Ct. Chapter of Parents Across America that is meeting in New Haven sometime in early September–probably will be a number of like minded people there. You can get contact info via facebook.com.

I would appreciate any minutes or brief note about your Manchester meeting via email: brutus2011@rocketmail.com Thanks.

By: Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:15:00 +0000

We have had two meetings, one in Hartford and one in Willimantic. Our third will be in Manchester. We are trying to cover the state. Our fourth can be closer to New Haven. As Linda asks, can you suggest a location?

By: Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:12:00 +0000

This is something else that Adamowski did in Hartford; he cut IA positions. My school currently has approximately 460 students, of whom approximately 130 are special needs. We have four Special Ed teachers and three IA’s. We need more.

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:41:00 +0000

Yes, our first meeting was in Hartford. I will make note to schedule our next meeting close to New Haven. Can you suggest a place..restaurant where we can talk?

By: Brutus2011

Brutus2011 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:05:00 +0000

to Linda174: When you write, “We are top heavy and bottom weary,” you hit the nail on the head. I think this is where we need to make our case. But then sometimes I think that several of us need to run for mayor of our respective communities and if successful, clean house and rebuild from the classroom up.

(And I can’t make it to Manchester on Friday, can you guys schedule a meeting closer to New Haven. Say between Hartford and New Haven?)

By: Bronx

Bronx — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:24:00 +0000

Wow Jeff Klaus is back to be a cheerleader for his wife Dacia Toll’s Achievement First!!!…We missed you Jeff…Perhaps you should learn to wear the pants in the family instead of waving those pom poms all the time…kind of emasculating I would think. Perhaps the management fee your wife extracts from Elm City Preparatory School makes it all worthwhile…nice fat bank accounts make people do shameless things I guess…

By: Castles Burning

Castles Burning — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:06:00 +0000

I like this piece as it reminds us that we need justice for all.

I was shocked, though, at the actual wages paid. How do schools get away with that? My students in Bridgeport I believe, earn almost $10/hr for after school jobs.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:29:00 +0000

We have a paraprofessional who still doesn’t know where she will be placed until the beginning of school.

I’ve never had the privilege of working with a more conscientious individual in my life. Only a few know what sacrifices she makes in her life to do what she does, and the influence she has on the students, all of who adore her.

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Diane Ravitch on CNN, Saturday, the 18th, 10am-11am:

http://dianeravitch.net/2012/08/14/please-watch-cnn-newsroom-saturday-august-18-10-11-am/