UNofficially Winslow Receives E-mail

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From: UNofficially Winslow Receives E-mail
To: UNofficiallywinslow@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:59 AM
Subject: To reply to post you received on March 16

First of all I work as support staff as a custodian at one of the schools. I love how people who dont know how our school system works tells us how it works, like this last poster.

"Did you know that our custodians' contracts mirror that of teachers? They make between $30-$50/hour based on tenure?" Far from the truth. Teachers work a 6 hour work day, custodians do not. Teachers get tenure we dont, we can be fired at any time all it takes is a 30 day notice. Teachers have many little extra perks, we do not.

This last contract was a fluke where the union fought for us to have Christmas and Easter week off, for the three year contract. It will not happen again. And there is NO DOUBLE TIME on these days because the schools are closed down. So all this magic money you say were making is not falling my way.

Did you know that this Poteat guy, took all base teachers out of schools and now we have kids suffering because they are not up to speed. Did you know that this guy brought down his buddy Dr Carcamo From North Jersey to be an Asst superintendent. Did you know that they each had to have a secretary. And there is so much more. But I am getting tired of typing. I am all for making cuts but start at the top, Hammonton School Dist is doing it with a pay freeze for a year, why cant we and yes our (my) union is a BIG part of the problem. Like most unions. So like most times when its budget time all the know it alls come out of the woods. This should get good.