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Bock, thank you for the well-written, thought-provoking report. It substantiated a few of the issues and clarified others. Of course we don't know the details of the proposed contract, but the teacher's demands seem fair. Hopefully this will put pressure on the school board to at least consider a co...

I agree, although I do think most teachers know what they are getting into starting out and don't expect to get rich teaching. I do think they expect to make ends meet, however, the same as anyone who goes to college and earns a degree. At the same time, what other profession gives you so much time ...

Actually, I heard it isn't so much about the starting salary, it has more to do with the pay scale. Supposedly it takes over 40 years to reach the top of the pay scale in Tyrone. True or not, I don't know.

Well... a friend of ours, who has his master's degree and several years of teaching experience, was offered a job at Tyrone, starting pay $31,000. He said he couldn't even live off that. He took a job in Bellefonte making $41,000. Now, Bellefonte has a higher tax base, but still... that seems a bit ...

From what I've heard, contract negotiations started in the spring. Supposedly the fact finder they brought in said he has never been involved in contract negotiation situation that was so bad from the get-go. So, here we are at the begining of the school year, and still no new contract. I do feel th...

Here is the latest information on contract negotiations and the possibility of a strike: http://taea.psealocals.org/ A strike would serve no purpose, IMO, because teachers would be ordered back to work anyway (must get those 180 days of instruction in before June 15). With two school-age children, t...