NYC wasting money? No

700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing
By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK – Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do.

Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings.

According to salary.com, the average teacher's salary in New York City (Brooklyn) is $60,173. Multiply that by 700 teachers, that's $42 million of waste (thanks to the teachers' union).

Harsh lesson: New York City Education Department announces $405 million in school budget cuts
BY Meredith Kolodner
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Schools will lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to budget cuts next year - meaning kids will have fewer after-school programs, tutoring services and arts classes.

The Education Department announced a $405 million cut Tuesday, an average of 4.9% per school.

If the City was able to fire these dead-beat teachers, that would knock the average cut per school to 4.4%... and that doesn't include the amount it costs for their full benefits.

GM probably figured since their union was bankrupting them and public teachers' unions would have bankrupted the government...oh wait, the government is never bankrupt. Just print more money. Why doesn't NYC schools ask for a bailout?

Where's the outrage over this by ACORN and other "community organizations"? They ragged on AIG bonuses...this is a joke.