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“Several years ago, a good friend decided to leave education and she said to me, ‘Teaching is like a bad marriage, you never get your needs met, but you stay in it for the kids,'” Coffman told board members duringthe taped meeting.
“I didn’t fully understand what she meant until this past month,” she continued.
Teachers in the district have been unsatisfied with their workload and salaries, according toKSHB, and have been in contract negotiations with the district for months.
“Just like a bad relationship, our communication has broken down,” Coffman, who taught at Indian Woods Middle School, told the board. “You aren’t listening.”
“Talking to the board or the administrators in this building is like shouting into the wind,” Coffman told the board. “I won’t waste my breath.”
Shawnee Mission School District
On Friday, a spokesperson toldKSHBthat the district believed teachers would feel the contract was “fair,” considering they would be getting 79 percent of the district’s new money over three years.
After the deal was announced,teachers were given 15 days to decideto accept it, work with the previous contract or resign, the spokesperson said.
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“Don’t worry about me. I’m a highly educated, very talented teacher,” Coffman told the board during her remarks. “They’re in high demand right now in other districts.”
While addressing her former students, Coffman said: “You are still my favorite humans and I will always be your biggest advocate.”
After her remarks, Coffman did not accept replies from board members.
“There will be no clarifying questions,” she said. “I don’t answer to you anymore.”
source: people.com
