Filipino teachers protest dismissals at school board meeting - baltimoresun.com: More than 50 Filipino teachers and a host of supporters shared with the Baltimore City school board Tuesday night emotional stories about not having their contracts renewed this school year and being denied due process in fighting for their jobs.
Members of the Baltimore Teachers Union and Filipino Educators of Maryland accompanied the teachers to the board meeting, where union officials asserted that teachers were 'being treated like trash,' in what they called arbitrary decisions by principals not to renew contracts. They added that the teachers were not given required improvement plans and access to a fair and speedy appeals process.
'They are not trash,' union official George Hendricks told the board. 'Their livelihood was put in the hands of a single person.'
Some principals made their decisions before classroom observations had taken place, teachers told board members. Some later told The Baltimore Sun that they felt discriminated against.
