Comments on: Parking and the NYC Dept of Education http://jd2718.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/parking-and-the-nyc-dept-of-education/ Education, Math, Teaching, New York, Bronx, Union, Language, Travel Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ms. C http://jd2718.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/parking-and-the-nyc-dept-of-education/#comment-44518 Ms. C Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:19:46 +0000 http://jd2718.wordpress.com/?p=1323#comment-44518 Are Parking placards for UFT empolyees only Are Parking placards for UFT empolyees only

]]> By: Brenda Caldwell http://jd2718.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/parking-and-the-nyc-dept-of-education/#comment-40229 Brenda Caldwell Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:59:46 +0000 http://jd2718.wordpress.com/?p=1323#comment-40229 I am writing because I was out for three months due to surgery. The decision at my school was to go by senority and I have the most senority. But, the principal took my permit stating how can I get one when I was out for so long. And as it was written some chapter leaders are too weak. I am writing because I was out for three months due to surgery. The decision at my school was to go by senority and I have the most senority. But, the principal took my permit stating how can I get one when I was out for so long. And as it was written some chapter leaders are too weak.

]]> By: jd2718 http://jd2718.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/parking-and-the-nyc-dept-of-education/#comment-39393 jd2718 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:01:48 +0000 http://jd2718.wordpress.com/?p=1323#comment-39393 Ms j, small consolation, but your old pass is good until October 20 (they extended it). In the long run that doesn't help you. From what I am hearing, in a very large number of schools, administrators are either allocating the passes, or taking their cut before passing them on to the union for teachers to share the remainder. Our officers could have known, should have known that by 'empowering' chapters that were simply too weak to stand on their own, that we were giving principals power which they had not formerly had, and in effect, making many members more dependent on the whims of those principals. Ms j,

small consolation, but your old pass is good until October 20 (they extended it).

In the long run that doesn’t help you. From what I am hearing, in a very large number of schools, administrators are either allocating the passes, or taking their cut before passing them on to the union for teachers to share the remainder.

Our officers could have known, should have known that by ‘empowering’ chapters that were simply too weak to stand on their own, that we were giving principals power which they had not formerly had, and in effect, making many members more dependent on the whims of those principals.

]]> By: Ms. j http://jd2718.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/parking-and-the-nyc-dept-of-education/#comment-39392 Ms. j Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:14:37 +0000 http://jd2718.wordpress.com/?p=1323#comment-39392 I am a handicapped teacher with only an off street parking permit. I did not need an on street parking permit because I had a school permit to park at work. This agreement, for lack of the correct word, has left me high and dry. I had to apply to the city for an on street parking permit and this is a 3 - 6 month process. I nicely asked for a new parking permit until issued the city permit and was curtly told "Get Access A Ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The Union, the Disabilities Division, the Chancellor's Office, the Mayor's Office - I have communicated with each of them = multiple times and have received no assistance. Now I go to work at 6:30 AM, see all the empty parking spots around the perimeter of my building, and am forced to circle the blocks repeatedly looking for a spot. Then I must walk a much further distance to my building and hope I can walk back to my car at the end of the day. Thanks alot UFT!!!! Also, if this was an agreement between the Mayor's Office and the UFT, then why is Administration getting the permits when they are not UFT Members - nor is the Custodian - nor is the Lunchroom staff!!!! Can I get a refund of my Union dues to pay for car service????????????? I am a handicapped teacher with only an off street parking permit. I did not need an on street parking permit because I had a school permit to park at work. This agreement, for lack of the correct word, has left me high and dry. I had to apply to the city for an on street parking permit and this is a 3 – 6 month process. I nicely asked for a new parking permit until issued the city permit and was curtly told “Get Access A Ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The Union, the Disabilities Division, the Chancellor’s Office, the Mayor’s Office – I have communicated with each of them = multiple times and have received no assistance. Now I go to work at 6:30 AM, see all the empty parking spots around the perimeter of my building, and am forced to circle the blocks repeatedly looking for a spot. Then I must walk a much further distance to my building and hope I can walk back to my car at the end of the day. Thanks alot UFT!!!! Also, if this was an agreement between the Mayor’s Office and the UFT, then why is Administration getting the permits when they are not UFT Members – nor is the Custodian – nor is the Lunchroom staff!!!! Can I get a refund of my Union dues to pay for car service?????????????

]]> By: Ms. M http://jd2718.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/parking-and-the-nyc-dept-of-education/#comment-39346 Ms. M Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:04:38 +0000 http://jd2718.wordpress.com/?p=1323#comment-39346 I think you nailed the parking situation on the head with that post. I don't even drive and it is kind of infuriating to think about. The first time you hear or read that the city is "aligning the number of parking permits with the number of parking spaces available" it seems to make sense. But when you stop to think about it for a minute it is ridiculous for all the reasons that you described in your post. Anyone who works for the DOE should be able to park in a designated spot--the placard is essentially a way to identify those people. It seems that the new system makes having a permit equivalent to having a reserved parking space for the year and there is no reason why some teachers should be awarded that benefit and others not. I think you nailed the parking situation on the head with that post. I don’t even drive and it is kind of infuriating to think about. The first time you hear or read that the city is “aligning the number of parking permits with the number of parking spaces available” it seems to make sense. But when you stop to think about it for a minute it is ridiculous for all the reasons that you described in your post. Anyone who works for the DOE should be able to park in a designated spot–the placard is essentially a way to identify those people. It seems that the new system makes having a permit equivalent to having a reserved parking space for the year and there is no reason why some teachers should be awarded that benefit and others not.

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