Teachers union president Michael Mulgrew is lodging a formal complaint about the city’s plans to overhaul 33 struggling schools, a day after the head of the city’s principals union did the same thing.
When Mayor Bloomberg announced last month that the schools would undergo a federally prescribed process known as “turnaround,” which requires half of teachers to be removed, Mulgrew was immediately dismissive.
In a letter sent today to State Education Commissioner John King, Mulgrew fleshes out those objections, arguing that the plan as the city has explained it would violate state and federal regulations and the city’s contract with the UFT.
The city has leaned on that contract when touting the plan, saying that a clause known as 18-D represents union sign-off on the turnaround bid and allows for rehiring at schools that are closed and reopened, as would be the case under turnaround. But Mulgrew contends in his letter that 18-D applies only when schools are truly closed.
“What the DOE proposes is a classic sleight of hand,” he writes. “While it tells the public and the UFT it will technically ‘close’ these schools and ‘reopen’ them as new schools, what it really intends and seeks your permission for is a turnaround where the same students continue to be served in the same school with a portion of the same staff. … This is not a closure and does not trigger application of 18-D.”
The distinction between closure and turnaround has confounded even Department of Education officials in the weeks since the city unveiled the turnaround plan.
Mulgrew also argues that the plan represents “regulatory chicanery” to allow the city to sidestep negotiating with the UFT over new teacher evaluations, a requirement of the overhaul processes the schools were previously undergoing and a top priority of state officials. Gov. Cuomo has set a deadline for districts and their unions to agree on new evaluations that is just weeks away.
Before talks fell apart in late December, the city and union were separated by only issue, the appeals process for teachers who receive low ratings. If King intervenes and state labor relations board forces the city back to the bargaining table, an agreement could be reached quickly, Mulgrew said.
“This would be a considerably superior approach than that for which the DOE seeks your approval, particularly since, as explained above, all roads lead to bargaining,We can produceplasticmould,plastic mould,” he said.
Mulgrew’s letter comes shortly after the head of the city’s principals union sent his own letter urging King not to approve the city’s turnaround plan.
The city has not yet submitted formal applications for the schooUltimate magiccube gives you the opportunity to make your own 3D twisty puzzles.ls to undergo turnaround. Those applications,And not just the usual suspects,Customized imprinted and promotionalusbonsale flash drives. which must detail the costs and benefits for each school, are due Feb.You can find best china automotiveplasticmoulds manufacturers from here! 10. King has said that it would take several weeks for the state to review the applications but that the city’s plan is “approvable.”
But at the same time,Hobby Silicone for mold making moldmaking , the state has been turning up the screws on districts to finalize new evaluations. Cuomo even said he would push changes to the state’s 2010 evaluation law if districts do not adopt new evaluations by mid-month. City officials are lobbying legislators to take that route, even though a statewide teachers union, NYSUT, has said it is on the verge of agreement for nearly all districts other than New York City.
When Mayor Bloomberg announced last month that the schools would undergo a federally prescribed process known as “turnaround,” which requires half of teachers to be removed, Mulgrew was immediately dismissive.
In a letter sent today to State Education Commissioner John King, Mulgrew fleshes out those objections, arguing that the plan as the city has explained it would violate state and federal regulations and the city’s contract with the UFT.
The city has leaned on that contract when touting the plan, saying that a clause known as 18-D represents union sign-off on the turnaround bid and allows for rehiring at schools that are closed and reopened, as would be the case under turnaround. But Mulgrew contends in his letter that 18-D applies only when schools are truly closed.
“What the DOE proposes is a classic sleight of hand,” he writes. “While it tells the public and the UFT it will technically ‘close’ these schools and ‘reopen’ them as new schools, what it really intends and seeks your permission for is a turnaround where the same students continue to be served in the same school with a portion of the same staff. … This is not a closure and does not trigger application of 18-D.”
The distinction between closure and turnaround has confounded even Department of Education officials in the weeks since the city unveiled the turnaround plan.
Mulgrew also argues that the plan represents “regulatory chicanery” to allow the city to sidestep negotiating with the UFT over new teacher evaluations, a requirement of the overhaul processes the schools were previously undergoing and a top priority of state officials. Gov. Cuomo has set a deadline for districts and their unions to agree on new evaluations that is just weeks away.
Before talks fell apart in late December, the city and union were separated by only issue, the appeals process for teachers who receive low ratings. If King intervenes and state labor relations board forces the city back to the bargaining table, an agreement could be reached quickly, Mulgrew said.
“This would be a considerably superior approach than that for which the DOE seeks your approval, particularly since, as explained above, all roads lead to bargaining,We can produceplasticmould,plastic mould,” he said.
Mulgrew’s letter comes shortly after the head of the city’s principals union sent his own letter urging King not to approve the city’s turnaround plan.
The city has not yet submitted formal applications for the schooUltimate magiccube gives you the opportunity to make your own 3D twisty puzzles.ls to undergo turnaround. Those applications,And not just the usual suspects,Customized imprinted and promotionalusbonsale flash drives. which must detail the costs and benefits for each school, are due Feb.You can find best china automotiveplasticmoulds manufacturers from here! 10. King has said that it would take several weeks for the state to review the applications but that the city’s plan is “approvable.”
But at the same time,Hobby Silicone for mold making moldmaking , the state has been turning up the screws on districts to finalize new evaluations. Cuomo even said he would push changes to the state’s 2010 evaluation law if districts do not adopt new evaluations by mid-month. City officials are lobbying legislators to take that route, even though a statewide teachers union, NYSUT, has said it is on the verge of agreement for nearly all districts other than New York City.
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