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I ran across this story. Something is pretty damn fishy about the whole thing...
Barry Bernhardt, a middle school science teacher and a National Guard reservist for at least a decade, started serving two weeks of active duty in Italy on Monday, the day of the school board meeting.
During the 10 days Bernhardt will be gone from the classroom, he will use two personal days and two compensation days during his time off.
For the remaining six days, Bernhardt must pay the district $74 per day for the substitute teacher filling in for him and turn over the $78 in salary that he will receive each day from the National Guard, The Grand Rapids Press reported.
On the place where I found it, the blogger in question wrote:
Is that how Michigan schools decide to reward the service of those Americans who would die to protect their way of life? What in the bloody flaming name of hell is wrong with these people?
This is beyond pathetic. Beyond miserable. Beyond deplorable, disgraceful and reprehensible. This makes me sick.
If you feel the same, go contact these effing people and give them a piece of your mind. I'd post my commentary to them here, but it'd probably melt the blog.
UPDATE: The district in question has posted their version of the story, so it would seem that the story is legit.
So, is this a case of media spin? The AP story states that the guardsman must "pay the district $74 per day for the substitute teacher filling in for him and turn over the $78 in salary that he will receive each day from the National Guard". The district does not refute this.
What they do say, is:
In the case of Bernhardt, during his 10-day absence from work, he will make his normal Kenowa Hills biweekly school salary of $3,484 plus an additional $573 as a result of his service of two weeks on Naval active duty.
It's fairly clear that someone is embellishing. If Bernhardt is receiving his Guard salary, why is he being required to fork it over to the district? If he's receiving his "normal salary", why is he required to pay for a sub himself? If he's getting $573 from the Guard, why is he being forced to fork over $78 per day (for a total of $780)?
Something's rotten in Detroit.
UPDATE (again): The brother of the Guardsman in question posts his take in the comments, looks like I was right to smell something in the wind on this one.
Please thank your brother for his service for me, Vince. There are those of us in this country with the utmost respect for him and every other man and woman of the armed forces.
Personally, I think this sucks. I've read the school district's reply
here, (which I think is a load of sh**), and I'd like to know how in the hell anyone justifies this.
Rikzilla, where are you?
Barry Bernhardt, a middle school science teacher and a National Guard reservist for at least a decade, started serving two weeks of active duty in Italy on Monday, the day of the school board meeting.
During the 10 days Bernhardt will be gone from the classroom, he will use two personal days and two compensation days during his time off.
For the remaining six days, Bernhardt must pay the district $74 per day for the substitute teacher filling in for him and turn over the $78 in salary that he will receive each day from the National Guard, The Grand Rapids Press reported.
On the place where I found it, the blogger in question wrote:
Is that how Michigan schools decide to reward the service of those Americans who would die to protect their way of life? What in the bloody flaming name of hell is wrong with these people?
This is beyond pathetic. Beyond miserable. Beyond deplorable, disgraceful and reprehensible. This makes me sick.
If you feel the same, go contact these effing people and give them a piece of your mind. I'd post my commentary to them here, but it'd probably melt the blog.
UPDATE: The district in question has posted their version of the story, so it would seem that the story is legit.
So, is this a case of media spin? The AP story states that the guardsman must "pay the district $74 per day for the substitute teacher filling in for him and turn over the $78 in salary that he will receive each day from the National Guard". The district does not refute this.
What they do say, is:
In the case of Bernhardt, during his 10-day absence from work, he will make his normal Kenowa Hills biweekly school salary of $3,484 plus an additional $573 as a result of his service of two weeks on Naval active duty.
It's fairly clear that someone is embellishing. If Bernhardt is receiving his Guard salary, why is he being required to fork it over to the district? If he's receiving his "normal salary", why is he required to pay for a sub himself? If he's getting $573 from the Guard, why is he being forced to fork over $78 per day (for a total of $780)?
Something's rotten in Detroit.
UPDATE (again): The brother of the Guardsman in question posts his take in the comments, looks like I was right to smell something in the wind on this one.
Please thank your brother for his service for me, Vince. There are those of us in this country with the utmost respect for him and every other man and woman of the armed forces.
Personally, I think this sucks. I've read the school district's reply
here, (which I think is a load of sh**), and I'd like to know how in the hell anyone justifies this.
Rikzilla, where are you?