Same old, same old, sixty percent of LPS new teachers are not certified for their positions. That is 3 of the 5 new hires. So I guess the fact that there was a 4 to 3 vote to strip the proposed Deputy Superintendent position of the more stringent credentials should have came as NO SURPRISE.
I mean our standards should start at the top. By settling for less from our leaders, we can expect less from our teachers.
BUT THERE IS ONE DIFFERENCE.....
We don't pay our teachers six figures and give them a CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY at $50,000 per year. Heck we don't even give our teachers the 7% PAY RAISE we gave our BUSINESS MANAGER KEVIN MCHUGH (I think we got the business).
It's interesting to note the difference in teacher qualifications between low income communities like Lynn and wealthy towns like Wellesley. In Wellesley, many of their teacher AIDES have bachelor's degrees in elementary ed; the majority of their teachers have master's degrees.
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