It is like the Heaven’s opened wide. On Monday, Homan’s contract will be available to view online (I will dig up the link on Monday), because the state legislature changed state law to make this happen. As you know, Pam wasn’t going to let anyone see it. That’s all changed now.
Simons said that even if Homan wanted to release her own contract, the law would not allow it, because “in South Dakota, personnel files belong to the employer.â€
Also, as DaCola reported a couple of years ago, there are no incentives for substitute teachers in Sioux Falls. Not only have they not increased their pay in several years ($90 per day – no benefits) they are now telling subs they must sub AT LEAST 8 times a year or they will be removed from the roster. Of course retired teachers are exempt from this rule.
If a sub only fills in seven times, can’t they reapply to get back on the roster for the next academic year? Seems like an arbitrary standard to me.
Is this link going to be for new contracts going forward or will it be backward for all contracts? I want to see Ms. Homan’s contract from 2008.
Can’t wait to see her sweetheart deal. Her sidekick Sue also might have some interesting incentives
I have a feeling it will be quite whitewashed. She has had quite a bit of time to ‘change’ the written word.
That’s the funny thing about ‘laws’ the offenders are usually given ample opportunity and plenty of time to ‘adjust’ to the new rules.
It’s obvious that like, Homan, too many of these state and local government types long forgot the meanings of being a public servant. Not so with the federal employees for whom one can see within a few bucks, what they earn simply by knowing their paygrade and years of service, and the same applies to their retirement. It’s PUBLIC information – at least in the land of the free and home of the brave.
I am a sub in the SFSD. I met a sub teacher from Lincoln, NE, who couldn’t believe we make only $90 a day…compared to Lincoln’s $140. Also, something is amiss at IPC in the hiring of subs. Having just retired from another district, I applied in July 2011 to sub in the SFSD. I was finally approved at the end of October, after the end of the first quarter. BTW, I had recommendations from my most recent principal, a teacher within the SFSD, and a former parent whose child I taught. Another point: An Argus Leader article proclaiming the lack of certified subs was published in August 2011. From what I can tell, certified and non-certified subs are put in the same pool and paid the same.
I’ve known a lot of non-fulltime teachers over the years that won’t even deal with working for the SFSD.