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Date: Jul 28, 2004

RAISES

Date: Jul 28, 2004

I have.

Date: Jul 28, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: educator
"I have. "

Well? Speak up, child.

Date: Jul 28, 2004

One has to wonder what guidelines were used for these raises. Did they follow the proper protcol??

Date: Jul 28, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: EASY
"One has to wonder what guidelines were used for these raises. Did they follow the proper protcol??"

Proper Protocol = Due Process

Proper Protocol under the Thames admin. = something else

Date: Jul 28, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Latchkey Kid
"Well? Speak up, child."

What were the raises? They are merely factual, public information. Don't be shy.

Date: Jul 28, 2004

We may never receive the whole story on the merit raises or how they were proposed for distribution. I remember when entering the profession, being told "you'll never get rich" and that we do it "for the pleasure of making a difference in the lives of our young" Forgive my attempt at humor, but the current discussion on raises remined me of an new-take on a old-line from Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles":

Raises! Raises! We don't need no stinkin raises!!!

Date: Jul 28, 2004

What the books say and what the raises actually were do not equate. If you go to Cook and look at the books, it won't make a whole lot of sense because no one at the admin. level wants you to understand it. Since 2002 some people's salary has risen dramatically and some only got the benefit of the 2 per cent raise. Merit in the CEP has no bearing on this. Merit is in the eyes of who needs to make SFT and DT the happiest. In DT's eyes - she's the queen bee. Same with the other one we were discussing. Pierce and Berman are drones. Renee F. got a merit raise (the only one besides the DT that got one in CISE) and she's in thick with the person who got the largest MIDAS incentive based on research that is decades old - they've made it part of a "grant" that was actually pork barrel from Thad Cochran. Educator, you're wise to the Sting. Any other thoughts on it.

Date: Jul 28, 2004

Loose lips sink ships.