This is the blog section of the PURE Reform website. Please leave your thoughts and comments here.
PURE Reform has created this blog as a forum for parents, teachers and community members to share information and voice concerns regrading the reform process in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Although we would like to foster constructive dialogue, PURE Reform does not edit content. The views expressed by bloggers in this forum are not necessarily views held by PURE Reform.
To comment on an existing topic, go to the line at the bottom of the post for that topic that begins "Posted by..." That line will list "1 comment," "2 comments," etc. Click on "comments," then leave your comment in the box provided. To post as Anonymous, no registration is required, OR you can choose an identity.
To suggest a new topic, go to this month's post labeled "Start a New Post" and add your comment (as described above) about the new suggested topic. PURE Reform will use these comments to start new posts.
The article says Fazden was placed on unpaid leave in November for "exceeding his jurisdiction" in an incident that happend in July. July to November- 4 months- could it have been speaking with the press in Oct/Nov about neighborhood violence spilling over into schools that was the problem?
So why have the hearing? The "Board's" (powers that be...} decision has been made.
Attorney Carl Beard of Altoona will preside over the hearing.
"He will recommend whether to terminate a school employee or not, but ultimately the school board of directors decides whether to terminate a school employee or not," Weiss said.
It doesn't say October/November. It says July! What happened in July that was "exceeding his jurisdction"?
Was he speaking in Oct/Nov to the press about "neighborhood violence" that happened in July? Where did it happen? Did "neighborhood violence spill over into schools" at Summer Dreamers??? Where???
The incident with stopping an ambulance was in july. Nothing was heard about firing until shortly after a gun was found near phillips in the fall and he commented about violence spilling into schools.
Are you serious? All this talk about Fadzen! What about the two Commanders in charge now? Now that Fadzen is gone it is a real hot mess! What does Commander Brown and Novicky do anyways? Nothing but give orders! They have their favorites and if they do not like you they throw you to the wolves!!!!! WHAT DO THEY DO? NOTHING AND MAKE A NICE SALARY! THE BOARD ONLY NEEDS THE SECURITY OFFICERS! THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WORK AND ARE PAID NOTHING COMPARED TO THE POLICE. THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU ARE AT A FUNCTION SEE WHO WORKS! ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE! YOU CAN TALK ABOUT FADZEN BUT AT LEAST HE TALKED TO YOU LIKE A HUMAN BEING!
I have to agree with the comment above! The Security Officers do all the work. I am a teacher and I have seen Security run to handle matters then they call School Police and when they arrive the Security is injured and the kids are retained. What good are the School Police? Maybe for wasting fuel driving around and sitting in the air conditioned car while the Security Officer do all the work! The School Police are never in the schools! Why are so many Police Officers needed? A Chief or Commander is needed! Why? The Security Officers do all the work and are looked upon like they are beneath the others! I have had many Security Officers help me but never a Police or Commander! Commander lol what do they do? The Security Officers need better training, respect and a raise big time!
I totally agree with the above statement give the security better training, raises, and respect. It is too often that the security personnel who are the heart and souls of the school district get over looked and injured. One of the security officers at my sons school has saved the day several times only to get threatened to be suspended or fired. This young man is such a positive attribute for the school district and a positive influence on our children. That it's a crying shame that he can continuously risk his life for the safety of our children, win awards, and be denied an opportunity to advance in his career. My husband and I have wrote several recommendations to Chief Robert Fadzen and Linda Lane asking them to promote him to POLICE OFFICER. To this date there has been no word if he will be promoted or not.
The Security Officers that do their jobs usually do get into trouble at times because the ones that do nothing are not noticed. THE COMMANDERS WILL NOT BACK YOU!
EVERYONE IN THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT SHOULD MAIL DR. LANE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT!!!YOU CAN SAY ANONYMOUS/DE. LANE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT HAPPENS AND HOW UNHAPPY WE ARE!!!THIS IS AMERICA RIGHT THE LETTER!!!
EVERYONE IN THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT SHOULD MAIL DR. LANE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT!!! YOU CAN SAY ANONYMOUS, DR. LANE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW UNHAPPY WE ARE!!! THIS IS AMERICA WRIGHT THE LETTER!!! WE DO NOT NEED THE POLICE OR COMMANDERS, THE SECURITY DO ALL THE WORK AND THAT IF WHO DESERVES A RAISE. THE POLICE BASE PAY IS $46,000 I THINK PLUS A LOAD, LOAD, LOAD OF OVER TIME, WHEN THE SECURITY DESERVE IT! COMMANDERS THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU TALK TO SECURITY HAVE SOME RESPECT! WE ARE NOT SALARY LIKE POLICE, SECURITY GET LITTLE OVER TIME AND OUR YEARLY BASE PAY IS AT LEAST 35% LOWER THAN POLICE! WITH OVER TIME 60%!
SECURITY OFFICERS, STICK TOGETHER AND ANYTIME THAT YOU ARE TREATED UNFAIR THIS YEAR WRITE PETE OR DR. LANE A LETTER! WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED LIKE WE ARE STUPID BY EVERYONE AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR US THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE WORSE AND THE COMMANDERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WOULD NOT HAVE JOBS! WE ARE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE WORK - THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE GUNS (LOL) SO HOW ARE THEY ANY DIFFERENT THAN US? THE SITUATIONS ARE OVER BY THE TIME THEY COME AND THEN THEY COME IN THE SCHOOLS LIKE THEY ARE IN CHARGE, THEY ARE NOT NEEDED AND YES WE DO LAUGH BEHIND THEIR BACKS! SECURITY IS NEEDED AND NOTHING MORE! THEY ARE 12 MONTHS WHY?????? A MESS!!!
18 comments:
The article says Fazden was placed on unpaid leave in November for "exceeding his jurisdiction" in an incident that happend in July. July to November- 4 months- could it have been speaking with the press in Oct/Nov about neighborhood violence spilling over into schools that was the problem?
So why have the hearing? The "Board's" (powers that be...} decision has been made.
Attorney Carl Beard of Altoona will preside over the hearing.
"He will recommend whether to terminate a school employee or not, but ultimately the school board of directors decides whether to terminate a school employee or not," Weiss said.
It doesn't say October/November. It says July! What happened in July that was "exceeding his jurisdction"?
Was he speaking in Oct/Nov to the press about "neighborhood violence" that happened in July? Where did it happen? Did "neighborhood violence spill over into schools" at Summer Dreamers??? Where???
The incident with stopping an ambulance was in july. Nothing was heard about firing until shortly after a gun was found near phillips in the fall and he commented about violence spilling into schools.
Nice to see that the two principals from Westinghouse have been on PAID leave since October.
Great use of taxpayer dollars Dr. Lane.
How exactly are they supposed to improve their professional practice sitting at home?
If you now deem them unsatisfactory, what supports have been in place and accessible to them since October?
Why do those two, under 40, get paid suspension, while the Chief, over 60, is on paid leave?
If you are demoting them, why didn't that happen in October? They could be assistant principals in the interim?
Fully loaded with benefits, that's about $80,000 of value told to stay home?
This is wholly unacceptable on so many levels.
Is anyone going to the hearing to give us an update on what transpired?
Do we even know that a hearing occured?
Fazdens hearing is 1/25 and 1/26 in Conference Room A at the Board and it starts at 9am.
It's open to the public but you cannot speak. If the local news media doesn't cover this, I'd be shocked.
Are you serious? All this talk about Fadzen! What about the two Commanders in charge now? Now that Fadzen is gone it is a real hot mess! What does Commander Brown and Novicky do anyways? Nothing but give orders! They have their favorites and if they do not like you they throw you to the wolves!!!!! WHAT DO THEY DO? NOTHING AND MAKE A NICE SALARY! THE BOARD ONLY NEEDS THE SECURITY OFFICERS! THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WORK AND ARE PAID NOTHING COMPARED TO THE POLICE. THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU ARE AT A FUNCTION SEE WHO WORKS! ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE! YOU CAN TALK ABOUT FADZEN BUT AT LEAST HE TALKED TO YOU LIKE A HUMAN BEING!
I have to agree with the comment above! The Security Officers do all the work. I am a teacher and I have seen Security run to handle matters then they call School Police and when they arrive the Security is injured and the kids are retained. What good are the School Police? Maybe for wasting fuel driving around and sitting in the air conditioned car while the Security Officer do all the work! The School Police are never in the schools! Why are so many Police Officers needed? A Chief or Commander is needed! Why? The Security Officers do all the work and are looked upon like they are beneath the others! I have had many Security Officers help me but never a Police or Commander! Commander lol what do they do? The Security Officers need better training, respect and a raise big time!
I totally agree with the above statement give the security better training, raises, and respect. It is too often that the security personnel who are the heart and souls of the school district get over looked and injured. One of the security officers at my sons school has saved the day several times only to get threatened to be suspended or fired. This young man is such a positive attribute for the school district and a positive influence on our children. That it's a crying shame that he can continuously risk his life for the safety of our children, win awards, and be denied an opportunity to advance in his career. My husband and I have wrote several recommendations to Chief Robert Fadzen and Linda Lane asking them to promote him to POLICE OFFICER. To this date there has been no word if he will be promoted or not.
The Security Officers that do their jobs usually do get into trouble at times because the ones that do nothing are not noticed. THE COMMANDERS WILL NOT BACK YOU!
EVERYONE IN THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT SHOULD MAIL DR. LANE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT!!!YOU CAN SAY ANONYMOUS/DE. LANE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT HAPPENS AND HOW UNHAPPY WE ARE!!!THIS IS AMERICA RIGHT THE LETTER!!!
EVERYONE IN THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT SHOULD MAIL DR. LANE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT!!! YOU CAN SAY ANONYMOUS, DR. LANE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW UNHAPPY WE ARE!!! THIS IS AMERICA WRIGHT THE LETTER!!! WE DO NOT NEED THE POLICE OR COMMANDERS, THE SECURITY DO ALL THE WORK AND THAT IF WHO DESERVES A RAISE. THE POLICE BASE PAY IS $46,000 I THINK PLUS A LOAD, LOAD, LOAD OF OVER TIME, WHEN THE SECURITY DESERVE IT! COMMANDERS THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU TALK TO SECURITY HAVE SOME RESPECT! WE ARE NOT SALARY LIKE POLICE, SECURITY GET LITTLE OVER TIME AND OUR YEARLY BASE PAY IS AT LEAST 35% LOWER THAN POLICE! WITH OVER TIME 60%!
WRITE THE LETTER!
SECURITY OFFICERS,
STICK TOGETHER AND ANYTIME THAT YOU ARE TREATED UNFAIR THIS YEAR WRITE PETE OR DR. LANE A LETTER! WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED LIKE WE ARE STUPID BY EVERYONE AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR US THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE WORSE AND THE COMMANDERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WOULD NOT HAVE JOBS! WE ARE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE WORK - THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE GUNS (LOL) SO HOW ARE THEY ANY DIFFERENT THAN US?
THE SITUATIONS ARE OVER BY THE TIME THEY COME AND THEN THEY COME IN THE SCHOOLS LIKE THEY ARE IN CHARGE, THEY ARE NOT NEEDED AND YES WE DO LAUGH BEHIND THEIR BACKS! SECURITY IS NEEDED AND NOTHING MORE! THEY ARE 12 MONTHS WHY?????? A MESS!!!
He is coming back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Is Fadzen Back???????
Post a Comment