[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: wa2egp at att.net
>Date: 2007/04/15 Sun PM 12:52:27 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

>> Exactly - problem is, schools won't get sued for ignoring those with special 
>> abilities, but they WILL get sued for ignoring those with special needs.
>> 
>> There are no absolutes, and every school district is different, but this is the 
>> problem I hear most - special needs parents are very aggressive (and they 
>> certainly should be), but sometimes at the expense of other students...
>> 
>> Lionel
>
>What gets me is that in my district, "special needs" teachers get more money.
>I my building, the hearing impaired teacher (really nice guy too) has five
>students ALL DAY!  I have 143.  He gets a few hundred more than I do per
>year.  I teach in a magnet school.  Go figure.  (At least my district
>has a magnet school,  my home town does not.)

Thank the union, AFAIK. As I understand it, every differentiator a teacher offers ups their pay. Now, if he could speak spanish I bet he'd get more still, even though he can't use it in class (the kids are hearing impared)...

Lionel