Side Note- For the fans of the TV Show Outlander- Today is the 380th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden in Scotland-
It took place April 16, 1646 near the city of Inverness, Scotland. Jacobite forces under Prince Charles Edward Stuart/Stewart ( Bonnie Prince Charles) fought again the English army- Taking place on Drummossie Moor near Inverness, the battle lasted less than an hour but resulted in a decisive victory for the British/English government forces over the Jacobite army. This defeat effectively ended the Stuart claim to the British throne and led to the permanent decline of the Scottish clan system.
We visited the battle site a few years ago. The Scottish Trust has done the battlefield up right. A well done museum, and a well done restored, large area, where the battle took place.
If you ever find yourself in Inverness, ( a great airport, wonderful people) you must visit the battle site.
But I once again digress. ( I love me some English/Scottish History)
- Well, it seems that once again, Buna is having a difficult time keeping faculty/ staff employed by the district.
As I eluded to in a previous publication on this blog, it seems there is a number of employees within the maintenance department at Buna ISD either resigning, or actively looking for employment elsewhere. Including supposedly the director.
Word is, lack of money, and loss of overtime, school leadership is driving the employees to quit and find work elsewhere.
And as I have said, maintenance, cafeteria, janitorial are the backbone of any school district. Without them, the whole thing collapses.
And, then, there is the story going around that the district KNOWS OF 21 members of faculty leaving at the end of the year.
21.
That they know of.
How many will either resign at the end of the year, or during that grace period in the Summer Break?
Note to teachers thinking about resigning, wait until the last minute. I worked at a school district who dropped our health insurance as soon as we resigned. And it was several months before the new district, employer picked up their/our insurance. I worked with a teacher who resigned from a district near Corpus Christi whose ISD dropped him as soon as he resigned the last day of school, in May, and before his new school district coverage started in September. In June, his son broke his leg requiring several surgeries to repair. I know Magnolia ISD did that to me when I resigned at the end of the school year.
Remember, it is a job folks. They are are NOT family.
That number according to rumors might increase up to between 35 to 50.
Perhaps even more?
For a a small 3A school district, that is a lot of folks hitting the road.
Several have been ruined by teaching in the Buna Independent School District and are totally leaving the school business. As one has been telling anyone who will listen, " If any are anywhere near like the Buna ISD, I cannot do this for 30+ years."
And the Buna community needs to start asking......" Why???"
- Next blog- Teacher certification in the Buna ISD, or lack there or, those who ARE certified teaching outside of their certification.... Is there " fudging" going on?
What is happening
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