求金融危机对教育或学校影响英语作文

Financial crisis impact on school education

The financial crisis has had a horrific impact on our district: Our school board signed our instructional contract last March (2008) for the 2008-2009 school year, which included something called steps--additional pay of a few pennies for the additional year of teaching experience. This past August, the district refused to pay those few pennies, although they accepted their raise.

We are now at impasse. The district has the money in their cache, but refuses to pay it because they believe they will also have to pay a few more pennies to the custodial crew and the paraprofessionals, who have separate contracts. The union decided to spare the district the expense of mediation and went for a public hearing, where the school board members "had an amused and evil glint" in their eye, or so it was reported.

At the time of writing, no resolution is in sight. bear in mind that my district pays teachers