Rhode Island Teachers Fired

Rhode Island Teachers Fired-  This was the article that I read.  I am concerned with the lack of value of education.  Reading this article, I was torn with the lack of willingness to work out problems between the school superintendent and the teacher's union.  The school district employees were asked to work 25 minutes more a day, do some tutoring before and after school and eat lunch once a week with students.  To me, in this economic age, was not too much to ask.  I do think that instead of firing them, the superintendent could have asked them to come up with other solutions.  The teachers needed to take some responsibility for the students not excelling.  This was the worst performing high school in the district with numerous students failing all their classes.    The teachers were offered a small pay increase to meet the additional job tasks.  They are already making three times the average city income.  I really believe that teachers and administrators need to work together to figure out what is best for our children because they need to be the priority.