That said, the pay raise is welcome because teachers are pitifully underpaid. And we can all agree they have tough and important jobs. These protesting educators, however, claim that they don't want to work the extra days because they already labor long hours outside of the regular school day. This sounds more like the Teamsters than teachers. Somewhere, Jimmy Hoffa is smiling.
Educators are professionals.
Besides, this calendar change is critical. It is not simply an arbitrary move by a vindictive school chief. Jenney wants full accreditation of schools in the city. Only 16 Beach schools are fully accredited now. A whopping 66 aren't.