Arpie: Bonuses Come From Pay Pot

RE: Parent attendance affects teacher bonuses

Arpie: This is not a big deal. The law allows districts to decide how to measure teachers for “merit Pay” money. Those that don’t decide on their own are automatically tied in to using test scores. I salute districts for finding other ways to do so. I’ve lost track of what our district is doing, but I know in the spring our school was trying to figure out ways to bolster P.E. and the arts. Teachers that had kids improving on a physical fitness test would be able to access the money, or some such. The important thing to realize is that this is not new money. The merit pay like the computers, is coming at the expense of having fewer teachers in the classrooms.

Question: What do you do to show your appreciate for teachers in this draconian era of Otter-Luna?