Teachers Concerned With Grievance Policy in New Handbook
The Greenfield School Board passed over the new employee handbook on Monday because members wanted more time to review the changes, including the grievance policy and the board-staff communication policy.
Teachers will begin the 2012-13 school year without updated employee handbooks after the Greenfield School Board decided to table their approval until next month’s meeting. The 2011-12 handbooks will remain in place until the newer versions are approved. “We’ve never had this happen before but we do have handbooks in place that were approved specifically for 2011-12,” Superintendent Conrad Farner told the School Board on Monday. Farner told board members administrators wanted the books approved because teachers reported this week. He told them handbooks could be revisited and modified at any time. But some board members requested more time. Newly appointed board member Rick Moze said he had just received the handbooks Thursday and needed …
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robert heule
9:57 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2012
To clarify my reference to "restrictions to academic freedom", the infringements may not necessarily be initiated at the local level. If the Republicans regain full control of the Wisconsin Legislature, there may be more Lazich type right-wing ideological mandates forced into our classrooms. The Republican Party and the religious right, with the help of ALEC and the Koch brothers, are waging a "… more ›