Comments on: March 19 is Pink (slip) Day

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:43 +0000

What a mess the Quincy Public Schools are in!!!! I know some of the awesome teachers that just got released. Now they are out of a job/career for the meantime (hopefully, just temporarily) and my children will probably be in big old classes. (Don’t comment on large class sizes unless you’ve been a teacher and taught in an actual classroom before, thank you.) We all sound like broken records in our questioning of the state of Illinois priorities, but it is unbelievable. PLEASE OPRAH, HELP US! First Blagoevich, now this. They make us look like a bunch of idiots. Worse than that, you’re messing with the education of our children.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:17:50 +0000

I am very saddened that our state doesn’t think highly of our childrens education. This is such a disappointment. My thoughts go out to the teachers that have and will receive a “pink slip”.

I thought the IL lottery was suppose to go towards education/schools…does it still?

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:32:04 +0000

I am a first year teacher who is losing her job, its crushing. I feel like there is no hope for finding another job. Its so discouraging to see how little the state cares about the education of our children…

By: David Mac

David Mac — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:56:24 +0000

WHAT A MESS THIS IS ALL TURNING INTO. MY DISTRICT LET GO OF A SLEW OF TEACHERS. HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO REACH TO THE TOP WITH THE ISATS WHEN I AM GOING TO BE TEACHING 35-37 KIDS IN A CLASS NEXT YEAR. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH EDUCATION TODAY? WE ARE TEACHERS AND TEACHING OUR FUTURE! OPRAH HAS TO START EXPOSING ALL THIS TO THE PUBLIC. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE! SHAME ON ALL THE POLITICIANS!

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:18:24 +0000

I feel sorry for everyone who has been affected by this, and I feel sorry for myself. I am just starting out in the education field; I just graduated in December 2009 from Eastern Illinois University with a degree in Elementary Education and a Middle Level Endorsement in Math and I know this is the worst time to look for a job with an economy in such trouble…I’m not sure what I’m going to do with my future, but I’m trying to remain positive…

By: Rene

Rene — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:11:34 +0000

I am devastated. Twenty five years of teaching and now what do I do? Does anyone else feel like a pawn in the governor’s political game? We are being used to pass a tax hike and there is no guarantee the money would even be used to rehire teachers or reinstate programs. I feel so bad for the kids who need more than math and reading to get excited about school. I’m thinking that would be all of them…

Pink on Friday – great idea!

By: Bryan B

Bryan B — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:13:04 +0000

How can we emphasize the importance of education when our state can’t even fund the schools. We encourage our children to work hard, dedicate their attention to education, and they’ll be rewarded with opportunities. These opportunities have been taken away by our state. Shame on all the politicians who site back, collect their big fat paychecks, and watch thousands of teachers and school administrators get cut.

The State of Illinois sure doesn’t delay on taking your tax dollars.

By: Francine

Francine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:31:41 +0000

Although I am sad to be losing my job next year, as a parent, I’m more upset about the loss of some of our programs. We should start testing art, music, even family and consumer science on the ISAT tests. Maybe then we could keep these valuable programs! I don’t know if there is a good solution – it just makes me sad.

By: Sana

Sana — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:08:43 +0000

After 32 years of teaching art (24 of them in the same district), my program was “reduced”. In order to continue to be employed full time, I will be teaching language arts next year. I’m just glad I have a “fall back” subject I can teach, but it’s not the way I wanted to spend the last 3-4 years of my career.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:32:03 +0000

I was pink slipped too. I’m so very, very sad, but I will wear pink on Friday. I’m wondering if I should just leave my curriculum on my desk next year for the kids to sort out on their own?