[Southsider2k12]

The poll is at the bottom of the page... '

The News-Dispatch Online Poll
If the relationship between the teachers and the superintendent is the apple, who is the worm in the apple?
Please select one:

M.C. teachers
Superintendent
School board
Teachers union

http://thenewsdispatch.com/index.asp

So far Michael Harding is the "winner" with 80% of the vote.

[JHeath]

They'll probably say these results are skewed...and not print them.

[Southsider2k12]

This is the letter that inspired my question in the parks vs MCAS thread... I really want to hear what happens.

http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;TM=49530.39

Teachers Invite Mayor To Mediate
An open letter to the mayor and concerned citizens,

Thank you for your helpful and quickly mediated resolution between the Michigan City Area Schools and the Michigan City Parks Department regarding the girls basketball program.

We can sympathize with the Parks Department and see the correlation between their circumstances and ours - limited or no communication, violation of a contract and illogical decision-making. The details of the disagreement are not as important as the outcome - children in Michigan City are losing.

The Parks Department effectively established a feeder program for our school system's athletic program. Public schools are the feeder program to our future society. The teachers of Michigan City Education Association are the foundation of this feeder program.

Although you may not be able to mediate as quickly our status quo contract that should have been settled 283 days ago, maybe with your leadership we can end the divisiveness that has caused our current crisis.

Thank you again for your support of the children in our community.

The Executive Board and Negotiating Team of the Michigan City Education Association

Phyllis Stark, Jen Buchanan, Elizabeth Schreeg, Robin Oshinski, Jeni Conrad, Nancy Egan, Bruce Starek, John Easton, Michele Nauyokas, Erica Iacovetti, Jerry Carpenter and Amy Wojasinski-Labis