Thursday, November 19, 2009

Nutley Board of Education members want to fine parents for kid's detention (Star Ledger)

"The board members, Steven Rogers and Walter Sautter, say they are hoping to adopt a policy by next school year that would charge parents for detention, which they estimate costs the district $10,000 a year in overtime and maintenance fees." 
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I never realized they paid overtime for detentions.  This is already a strong incentive for teachers to give out detentions, and now they add to it a tax on the parents.  I wonder if the teachers will be given a quota of detentions they must give every month, similar to police and traffic tickets.  Think about it, imagine you got off from your job at 2:30-4:00 depending on district and grade you teach.  If you could get time and a half (I believe this is legal minimum for overtime pay) for and extra hour every day, and still be done by 3:30 or 5:00, would you?  Again, they already are tax eaters, they won't think twice about feeding a little more, especially close to retirement to rack up pension benefits.  I can see this becoming something that will be more common in the future.  I can also see rates of detention going through the roof.

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