Monday, February 06, 2012
"NYC can’t fire this $100,049-a-year teacher..."
New York's elected or appointed officials have carelessly allowed union bargaining to create this situation.
Unfortunately, the citizens must pay and pay and pay...
Unfortunately, the citizens must pay and pay and pay...
Susan Edelman has the details on this story in the New York Post:
In a defiant raspberry to the city Department of Education — and taxpayers — disgraced teacher Alan Rosenfeld, 66, won’t retire.
Deemed a danger to kids, the typing teacher with a $10 million real estate portfolio hasn’t been allowed in a classroom for more than a decade, but still collects $100,049 a year in city salary — plus health benefits, a growing pension nest egg, vacation and sick pay.
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo can call for better teacher evaluations until they’re blue-faced, but Rosenfeld and six peers with similar gigs costing about $650,000 a year in total salaries are untouchable. Under a system shackled by protections for tenured teachers, they can’t be fired, the DOE says.
