Reply #91: More likely it's a district policy [View All]

[proud2BlibKansan]

I would believe a school district policy forbidding free tutoring after school. For one thing, they have all those licensed agencies getting paid under NCLB to tutor after school in under performing schools. THEIR contract with the district may indeed forbid teachers from offering tutoring at no charge. I can also believe a district wanting to be paid for use of the facility or the services of their employee.

But it makes zero sense for a union to forbid this. Unions don't tell teachers how they can and cannot spend their non working hours. They can advise - like asking us not to shop at WalMart or to buy certain union made products. But forbid? No way. My other guess would be a union recommending a teacher not offer to tutor for free. But again, that's quite different from outright banning.