Comments on: No pink slips for permanent Oakland teachers http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/10/no-pink-slips-for-permanent-oakland-teachers/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Wed, 22 May 2013 01:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jesse Dutton-Kenny http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/10/no-pink-slips-for-permanent-oakland-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-16172 Jesse Dutton-Kenny Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:29:15 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/10/no-pink-slips-for-permanent-oakland-teachers/#comment-16172 Not that it is incredibly relevant but Ms. Jones was my 7th grade Algebra teachers at Montera and is still one teachers who made the biggest impression on me. I’m glad she hasn’t stopped teaching.

]]> By: Sue http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/10/no-pink-slips-for-permanent-oakland-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-16173 Sue Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:25:26 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/10/no-pink-slips-for-permanent-oakland-teachers/#comment-16173 Twice, one of my sons’ teachers was pink-slipped. Each of the two teachers had done a good, or even great job with whichever of my kids they had taught.

My husband and I both tend to get attached to our kids’s teachers, so we were both pretty hurt and disappointed both times it happened. I can only try to imagine how those teachers felt. And both times the teachers were hired at another school in the district.

Not sending out pink slips to good teachers who are going to get rehired anyway – good plan! A lot less turmoil for everyone, teachers, students and parents.

Look, a small sign of progress in the district.

Hey, OUSD administration, this is one parent saying, “good decision.”

Please, give me more reasons to say that.

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