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Larry T. Spider

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  1. And what about all the previous cases where people went to jail or paid thousands based on a he said/she said? Juries believe cops in that situation.
  2. The lawyer and client taking it to trial instead of sending the tape to a DA to let the case die a quiet death makes them heroes in my book.
  3. Time to fix the system. For the record, the 200 mil referenced below for Houston isd is a drop in the bucket compared to AISD. They are much larger and pay 1/3 what we do. Go to work lege. What's happened over time is La Joya has benefited to the fullest extent of the 30-year-old formula. So much so, it has so much extra money, it can easily afford perks like the water park. Meanwhile, in other districts, like Houston, students enjoy no such luxury as teachers are laid off and campuses closed. How can the same system end in two such different results? "We place a band-aid here and a band-aid there when our school finance system is really due for a full gut rehab," Villarreal said.
  4. So let’s say this guy won 500 mil after taxes. If he parks that somewhere and pulls 4% out per year that would be 20 mil/yr. After taxes that would be roughly 12 mil. Thats a million a month or $33,000 a day for the rest of his life. And he never touches the 500 million. I would love to try to spend 33k a day....
  5. Front office staff, speech teacher, intervention teacher, reading specialists, instructional coach, we could go on and on.
  6. For an elementary campus, we have to pay for the following beyond the home room teacher: Buildings, electricity, water, books, other educational materials, busses, maintenance employees, campus administrators, district administration, custodians, teachers assistants, music teacher, art teacher, pe teacher, special education employees, counselor, diagnostician, etc.
  7. From AISD on recapture: AISD is considered a property-rich school district. In FY2018, approximately 55 percent of AISD revenue generated beyond the protected “golden pennies” (the first 6 cents per dollar that is generated above a district’s compressed tax rate) will be sent to the state for redistribution to property-poor school districts. It is estimated that nearly 51 percent of all local revenue collected from property taxes will be subject to recapture in FY2019. In FY2019, AISD anticipates the district will submit $669.6 million to the state in recapture funds. This amount is expected to increase by $115 million in FY2020, as a result of a projected increase in the district’s taxable property value and tax collection and the recalculation of the state funding formulas. From FY2002 to FY2019, AISD will have paid the state of Texas more than $3.7 billion in recapture payments.
  8. https://www.mansfieldisd.org/uploaded/main/departments/HR/assets/SalarySchedule_Teachers1819.pdf You have to teach 23 years in Austin isd before getting to a starting teacher salary in Mansfield. This is why I’m saying that fixing the school finance system is more important than the raise. The 5k raise should happen but not as a coverup for the major issues out there that need to be addressed. AISD is paying around 600 million into recapture this year. That is projected to grow to 700 million in the near future. Those teachers with that 5k raise might need electricity and running water to do their jobs...
  9. https://www.austinisd.org/sites/default/files/dept/hr/docs/2018-19 Teacher-Librarian Salary Schedule.pdf Here is the salary schedule. Year 16 is pretty sweet, you can finally crack 50k!
  10. I will agree that teacher quality matters more than class size. My best teacher would be better with 30 than my worst with half of that. However, we aren’t typically talking about either end of the spectrum. Your average teacher is going to do better with fewer students, especially at the elementary level. They are going to be able to pull more small groups for more individualized instruction, deal with fewer behaviors, and maybe just keep their sanity a little longer. We need to take a long look at job quality for teachers and what we are asking of them. The pay sucks and we lose a lot due to that. However, quality of life is listed more often as a reason for leaving. We lose 50% of our teachers in their first 5 years of service. I know people want to act like it’s a sweet gig and you get 5 months off a year and just babysit for the other 7. So why is the retention rate so low for this dream job?
  11. Depending on the situation, the school may not be able to do anything about it. I think it is insanity but the laws are written in a way that will always favor the special education student over the teacher. I would much rather be able to handle the situation as an administrator rather than get the police involved to get a kid to the right environment. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/manifestation/
  12. The problem isn’t the will to have these special ed kids go to a more appropriate setting. Administrators want that as we are usually the one cleaning up the mess. The problem is the parents fighting it, taking it to a manifestation determination hearing, and the kid getting sent back to us after hours of work on the deal.
  13. I will just put it this way. I do not have any trouble getting rid of the bad teachers. Many of them may end up somewhere else because they resign and do not have their contract non-renewed. The main reason I can do this is because of my campus has very few serious behavior problems. This gives me enough time to devote to the issue. Certification matters to a certain extent but every kid coming out of college now has an ESL certification. It is more of a job requirement than a bonus. The one certification that will get you a job faster than anything else is bilingual. If you are bilingual and special education certified schools will be begging for you.
  14. The Fleming’s at the domain is much better than DT.
  15. That can happen for sure. I’m an elementary admin so it’s a little different.
  16. Very hard to get special ed kids out. Tons of laws protecting them. Can only be away from services for a max of 10 days per year. Also, if their behavior was a result of their disability, they can’t be sent to an alternative school in most cases. If it’s a learning disability, it’s easy. If the kid has an emotionally disturbed label....good luck.
  17. Nordic and Asian school systems are so vastly different than ours, it’s hard to make comparisons. We take all comers and don’t have tracking systems where people are put on a non-degree earning path very early. We should (and are) increasing vocational tracks to some extent but that is a completely separate conversation. Bad teachers in Texas can be fired. It can be a pain and it can cost the principal some political capital but it can be done. Most will resign rather than potentially having a non-renewal on their record. The main problem is the amount of BS administration has to deal with that doesn’t involve teacher quality. I agree on instructional coaches. My campus doesn’t have one and it would help teacher development, especially for the young ones.
  18. Yeah but Rush said there are some lazy teachers that can’t be fired and government schools are indoctrination camps.
  19. Raises would be great but I’m much more interested in a better school finance system than is sustainable for the long term with our population growth.
  20. Robin Hood. Austin is paying in roughly 600 million a year causing budget cuts and depressed teacher salaries compared to other cities. We are cutting 30 million this year. It’s possible that the legislature will re-do education finance this year, which could greatly benefit AISD and surrounding districts.
  21. Recapture is raping central Texas.
  22. It’s about 20%, not factoring in Austin has a higher cost of living. After 10 years in Austin isd a teacher makes 48,900. In Allen the same teacher would make 57,700.
  23. I’ve never cared much about the generation battles. I think mostly because I’m technically a millennial (1983) but identify more with gen x. Many of my friends that are the same age feel the same way. We didn’t have internet until high school or phones until college. Main difference is that our “coming of age” was more in the 90s than the 80s. I know they have created a sub group for us but it doesn’t make the tribalism any more fun.
  24. I think people understand what I meant but just want to clarify that I was talking about Beto on the presidential ticket. A more polarizing figure could be bad for down ballot Texas races. Beto somewhere on the presidential ticket against trump and sema against Cornyn would be really interesting.
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