mrcrazy2u t1_itz6lta wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:44 AM

Reply to comment by AlexanderHamiltonJC in Hello again r/jerseycity! I’m Alexander Hamilton! Running for Upcoming Board Of Ed Election As Part Of Change For Children team. LIVE AMA 6-8PM w my responses from pre-post by AlexanderHamiltonJC

Hi Alex, I'm a former JCPS teacher. I left this year after 15 years in JC. Another district offered me a raise and JC didnt want to negotiate or try to retain me.

I personally know 2 other teachers that the same happened.

As long as JCPS continues to allow this to happen the better paying districts will continue to use JCPS as a "minor league" to poach its trained employees.

keepseeing444 t1_iu35tbl wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:20 AM

not Alex but based on his other answers it sounds like he values and respects teachers. The budget is near a billion dollars and your administration has decided they rather waste it on deadweights, nepotism hires and unscrupulous vendor contracts instead of improving the pay scale of all teachers that actually do the real and tough job of teaching urban kids. As a taxpayer I wish teachers call out their union for this gross mismanagement.

mrcrazy2u t1_iu3oyeo wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:42 AM

The teachers union has nothing to do with who administration hires.

But for the record you are right about administration with nepotism hires and promotions. However, they're not our union.