Teachers May Avoid Being Laid Off By Stopping Raises

It seems like the result is the worst of all possible worlds. I understand that having one's salary frozen isn't ideal - but surely it's better than layoffs!

@Ajadedidealist: I agree to a degree. The problem with freezing wages is the cost of living goes up. So if the teachers work off a certain salary and they have a budget in place, making the same wage two years in a roll would might impact that budget, especially if everything else goes up. Do you understand what I mean? In other words, if their wages stay the same, but the cost of using gas/electric goes up, along with their phone or cable, and anything else they use, this would create a situation. So although I agree that freezing wages would help keep them from getting laid off, in the long run it wouldn't help, because it would put them in a financial or near financial crisis.

Of course, I am only assuming here. I may be wrong entirely. It really depends as to how teachers handle their finances as compared to later.

That makes sense, @hhusted - of course it does. But losing one's entire salary is still a worse option, overall, and I can see why cutting jobs is an issue. Then again, there's the issue of incompetent teachers being unable to be fired (see: rubber rooms)