Wednesday, July 07, 2010

UNofficially Winslow Receives E-mail

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From: UNofficially Winslow Receives E-mail
To: unofficially winslow
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:29 AM
Subject: Support Staff

Wednesday night 6/30/10 the Educational Student Aides (ESA's), Bus Aides (ESA's) and the before and after school care givers voted for what the school board presented to them, the 30% pay cut. The union members voted it down so now they are unemployed. I don't agree to this vote but who can afford a 30% cut. Could you and your family? Your monthly bills are not going down 30%. It seems they go up from month to month. Did Poteat take a pay cut? NO he received a $40,000.00 raise. That's at least 2 ESA's or 2 Teacher Assistants (TA's) plus every administrator got a big raise. A round off total of Winslow residents who lost their jobs these past few months is 180. That's 180 of your neighbors and friends. These aides worked with and cared for our special ed children. Like the custodians and TA's there will be more strangers in OUR SCHOOLS and working in OUR TOWNSHIP. The residents need to know this, those who lost their jobs are the lowest paid employees in the district. We are not talking about people making $40,000.00 or $50,000.00, we are talking about people making less then $20.000.00 a year, poverty level. The residents need to know this. The TA's they worked with the special ed but they also were in the pre-school and kindergarten classrooms. Last year there were TA's in the kindergarten classes but Poteat stopped that, no TA's in the kindergarten classrooms. This coming year only half day kindergarten and pre-school. Stopping the all day kindergarten is not a good idea, but then again I have common sense, these people don't. The state thinks our test scores are low now wait until these children start taking the state tests in forth grade. Talking about test scores the board does not realize the score will go down without our caring Winslow resident support staff. These children will not have the same caring aides everyday to help them with their Math or Spelling or just helping them on the bus. With the outside company you don't know who you will get and I can guarantee it will not be the same person everyday. I would like to know something about this company the board is using, Mission One Educational Staffing Services, LLC, to replace all support staff. I have checked on the internet, I can't find them anywhere. Residents of Winslow need to ask questions of how our hard earned tax dollars are being spent. I would like my tax dollars going to people who live and work in my township. What do you want? If your with me start calling Poteat and Garcia and ask them for their resignation, we have that right we are tax payers. THEY WORK FOR US WE ARE THEIR EMPLOYER......

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