The crack team here at SBSB had recently gained access to New York Post reporter Carl Campinale's computer and was able to pull from it a story he has been working on and which will be published any day in the Post. This is an exclusive first look.
It seems that teachers have another perk in their contract that not only costs the taxpayer money, but takes instruction time away from students.
According to the UFT contract teachers are afforded a 50 minute lunch each day. This perk, as a DOE official has shared with the Post on deep background, has been around for almost several decades. "The teachers are just lazy and greedy in wanting this 50 minute lunch," said the DOE official. "They are stealing 40 minutes of instruction time a day from students, 200 minutes a week, and 122 hours a school year, which translates into almost five days of instruction students are not receiving."
The DOE official, supplied the Post with a report written by Mayor Bloomberg's top education deputy Dennis Walcott, that studies have shown that lunch can be eaten in ten minutes. In fact the study goes on to suggest that lunch can be eaten while teaching, much like in the corporate world where dedicated employees eat lunch at their desks.
Reached for comment Mayor Bloomberg replied, "This just goes to show how self absorbed teachers truly are. I brown bag it everyday. I Bologna sandwich on white bread, a banana, two Oreos, and a juice box," The mayor went on, "I eat at my desk everyday, and look how important I am."
When reached for comment, UFT President Mike Mulgrew retorted, "This is a contractual issue that the city has long agreed to. Teachers do need to eat. However, I will take this up with my executive board and the delegate assembly and see if we can capitulate."
Outside The South Bronx Academy for Implied and Perceived Excellence charter school, parents said that the teachers at their school only took a five minute lunch break. "Ain't no reason for these teachers to take 50 minutes for lunch," said a parent who wished not to be named, "These teachers are dedicated."
