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Mike and Linda Baxter: Low-performing teachers don't deserve protectin
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On Oct. 4, 2006, our son was seriously injured during class on a wet gymnasium floor at Brodhead High School. He will have lifetime residual effects from his injury. Not only was the floor wet, which is inexcusable, but the teacher was not in close enough proximity to control the situation. We say this because this teacher, who was close to retirement, was known for leaving the class unsupervised.

When we approached the school board about the situation, their reply was "We've been having trouble with this teacher for years. It would cost the school district thousands of dollars dealing with the teachers union to remove this teacher from the district." There are other teachers like this who are low performers and just marking time until they can retire.

If you are dealing with a teacher like the one described above, you could help this teacher win $10,000 with one condition - the teacher has to retire from teaching permanently. For more information and to elect a low-performing teacher for this award, go to: teachersunionexposed.com

Fortunately, there are many excellent teachers in the public school system who deserve our praise and support. High-performing teachers don't need a union to stay employed but the unions do provide an administrative function. The public school system is not well served when a poor-performing teacher can be sheltered by the union to the point where the school district can't absorb the financial burden to take the proper action.