Perhaps that is due to the fact that all the teachers are at home reading the patch, enjoying their 3 months off, while the rest of the residents are at work.

This Patch has become the teachers personal blog.
Go over to cleveland.com and the comments are extremely different - they can't put daily blogs on there and that site is more reflective of the community.

This gives proof that the patch is highly influenced by union and teachers. When you visit about town and speak with neighbors, it is clear the majority does not support the pledge or the unions' position.

This is a union blog... ask Rachel who funds the Patch?
Rachel take that headline down that is a lie.... I said and so did that guy frank... lies and mis information that is what the teachers and their supporters want..... confuse you so they can hide the truth...
Rachel you r not a member of our community

It does appear the patch requires a disclaimer notice of truth to readers. Many feel this is a local news site such as Sun Post. Fifth ammended does not cover fraud and deceitful practices. There is a newer federal law on the books that states you must notify readers of income, gifts, ect in exchange for publicity. Seems they may have some legal exposure. JMHO.

Hey everyone! There's an unscientific poll on the internet that disagrees with my position! Grab your pitchforks and follow me!

Seriously, though. Accusing the Patch of bias after an extremely unscientific poll puts you in the minority is simply ridiculous. The Patch is simply covering an issue that both sides feel strongly about. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there will always be people that disagree with you. If you want a community of people that will agree with you every time while claiming to be "fair and balanced," you might want to go back to Fox News. Until then, kindly stop cluttering the website with these kinds of comments.

There is obviously a majority of people who dont support the pledge. Look at last tax increases the community failed. I never saw this many teachers working the phones or knocking on doors selling the levy to the voters. I worked the last levy and only a select few were involved.

Note the title, "the majority of the Patch Readers." If you go to the article asking people to take the poll you will see only 90 votes were submitted and as stated earlier it was not a scientific poll. To all those individuals reading and posting, I would not waste anymore time arguing about this, getting excited or upset. I personally don't think it tells you anything significant or conclusive.

This board is absolutely ridiculous. How about you get off the computer and spend time with your families. You have no control over the status of the contract, nor do you even understand most of it. Get a life, stop complaining, and stop pretending to be experts at a subject you know basically nothing about. This board has become an infestation of complaining about teachers and putting them down. Honestly, get a life.

Oh misinformed public. I'm a teacher and a resident of Brecksville. I am so tired of the information that is false. First off 3 months off? Really? Just because the students start and stop at a certain date doesn't mean teachers are done. Many continue to shut down their classrooms long after students are gone and many are setting up their rooms long before the students arrive.

Summer is a time for teachers to work on new ideas for the following year and many take classes to further their education.

Oh those who think the job stops after the kids leave at the end of the day obviously don't teach. My day 90% of the time doesn't end until midnight! Grading papers, planning, communicating with parents......

We all made our choices when it came to careers. Some jobs get bonuses and holiday pay....perk. Teachers get the summer off.....perk. Those who are griping can always change their career and become teachers.

I'm sad that this misinformation is what the public believes.

I don't want to fart, but I will.

Donald,
What, seriously, are your hobbies other than trolling on the internet about teachers? Wondering if at one point a woman teacher broke it off with you - that may explain your hatred of teachers. I hear match.com has a wonderful success rate.

M its all over for you and your girlfiend oops

All of you seriously need a reality check! they are teachers and they will do what they want!so what is the point getting in stupid fights!what are we 12?you must be pretty immature to get into fights!GET OVER IT!WHAT ARE WE SERIOUSLY GONNA DO!

Updated 8 p.m. ET: FORT WORTH, Texas -- Brittni Colleps, the Kennedale teacher accused of having improper sexual relationships with several of her students, has been found guilty on all counts of five indictments against her.

Oh my gosh Donald...what is wrong with you?

just saying

Our teachers should be tested for drugs..
There is nothing wrong with random drug testing after all they have our children all day..... Perhaps " The Mob" should be tested..... I wonder how many "Mob" members regret what they did..........hmmmmm

Just so you all know Lyn is really Renee Engelhart and that Lenore and Donald are really Dosen and Tryon. They should all know that anyone who can hack can also get the IP addresses when they go to sites from their computer.

For the board members - Great way to act! Their post shows a total lack of respect for the school staffs and how little they care about the community they supposedly serve. They would rather tear things apart, rile up the people over little things and destroy the schools. WOW! Is this how you want your board members to act! I don’t!!!!!

Lenore see you at the next board meeting.......... don't listen to that Jack Ass ...J.S... Daily he is a member of "The Mob".....oh my this is too much fun isn't it?

I'll be back I need to go to the store and buy "Pledge" I wonder if theysell it in a lime green can.....

J.S Daly you coulldn't hack into your under wear.....oh my.......dude as the kids would say you made a Jack Ass out of your self....listen go sign "The Pledge" and come back with some more entertainment for us....

P. O here is my prospective... for some crazy reason some not all believe that the world will end if our current teachers strike. We the residents, not the want to be residents of Brecksville, put our teachers on top of the mountain for years.... they thought they could continue to scare parents into voting for levies and pay raises... we all remember" Its about the kids" "Your property value will go down" "We have the toughest job in the world", " We are taking away busing" "You will have to pay to play", " We are getting rid of AP Classes" on and on and on. We the residents, (WITH THE BIG HELP OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS PAST) made them fat and sassy because we thought money would buy us all great educations. Well we have become no moree than an average school district with a school systems ratings heading down. But P.O its mostly with the same teachers in place......
To all out there this has been coming for years. We will look back at Joe Zenir as nothing more than a "Remeber that guy"
To the BOE empose the contract and lets get on with our lives, if a teacher wants a job she/he will cross the line.. if not I wish him/her the best.
All bubbles blow look what happened in the housing market and the tech boom of 1999.....
The sound you hear in the streets of Brecksville is the air coming out of " The Teachers Bubble"

Miss a few days miss a lot. I don't know anything about hacking, but I bet the folks who work with Rachel on this site could tell us the truth. Seems we had to sign in with an email, maybe that tells us. Do they have other ways of knowing? Why don't Donald, Lenore and Lyn give Rachel permission to say if they really are Dosen, Tryon and Renee E. That would settle it easily. If none of them use those aliases then she won't tell us who they are, just who they aren't If they do use it, I think everyone has the right to know, at least about the elected board officers, I would think The Watchdog would have had no problem being known here. It would have helped get more people to her website.

This has been amusing.
I recognize 2 of those names, but where does the name Renee E. fit into the board/teacher negotiation process - who is she (or he)? This isn't the first time I've seen the name come up.

Seen Obama's proof, will never see Romney's tax, when you make that much money if you don't know how to hide money from the gov. I wouldn't believe you could make that much. It becomes part of the game. I would say that I do have a hard time believing Lyn is Renee E. from watchdog.com - only because lyn is much better at being able to come across as somewhat sane. Something I've never seen at school board meetings or on the watchdog sight from R.E.

I would wager that Donald and Lenore L. will not step up to the challenge, which is damning enough for me. Really bad childish behavior from two board members voted into office...

Lyn it seems you like taking cheap shots at people especially Renee E... The class of Brecksville

To lyn,
No need to feel sad. You are welcome back anytime as long as you support the schools!! A settlement is close. The mood will change. Teachers in Brecksville-Broadview Hts deserve to be respected and were not by some on The Patch. They are wonderful teachers and really do enjoy their jobs. Many love the teachers and was willing to fight for them. Not all in Brecksville are as wealthy as you think. Friendly? It's a mix just like when you were here I am sure. I don't think everything you read or see on the news will give you the true picture. You have to live it.

Frank,
They have reached a tentative agreement. This is taken directly from the district website:

Tentative Agreement Reached
"The BBHCSD Board of Education, teacher association (BEA) and support staff (BOSS) announce that they have reached a tentative agreement. Agreement details regarding the settlement will not be disclosed until all parties ratify the agreements. All three negotiation teams recommend ratification."

Both unions and the BOE need to ratify the contract at the next board meeting Monday night at 7pm. If all sides sign there will be a new contract in place before the start of school. The BOE needs to agree with majority vote (2-3) for it to be ratified. Also, only the initial proposals were presented on the website. As far as last week it was cited in a press release that the teachers union had conceded over 2.5 million dollars plus various other language changes during negotiations so there has been sacrifices since the initial proposals. We shall see what that looks like on Monday, but to answer your question, YES there is a tentative agreement set to be voted on Monday.

Yes Frank, the whole thing became very ugly I can agree on that. However, even Mr. Dosen and Mr. Zeigler in their campaigning said there would have to be a new money levy but at a lower cost. I also heard from a teacher that if the contract runs for 4 years, which apparently there is a clause in it that it can, the savings would be 3.8 million. Also, not all teachers got a 10% raise. Yes, some did. I think it may have been stated somewhere on here about 40% did get raises UP TO 10%....but that means about half did not. So, just like it is not fair to say there were no raises. It is not fair to say all teachers got a 10% raise. There will be a levy, that will be up to the voters, but it was never promised that there wouldn't be a levy. Remember, the Dosen/Ziegler slogan was "shared sacrifice". I guess the shared sacrifice here is the union as a "whole" 2.5 million-3.8 million (if the contract goes that fourth year) and a new money levy.

Janice if what you say is correct the teachers will save us nearly 3 million over 4 years we are in trouble again we are running a $4,000,000 a year defecit...
Not one teacher is tested on her/his ability to teach
Not one teacher is paid on his/her merit
Not one teacher is drug tested especially the fact they are with our children
And for this they got a 10% pay raise I am sorry to disagree this would never happen anywhere else...no way. If the taxpayer " The Employer if you will" has no control over who works for them you have what we have now. The new contract when it is ratified needs to be posted to the web site,as well as distributed to all residents of the district.... No more of the disinformation on both sides. I can hear it now when the new levy comes up " The teachers took millions in Pay cuts vote yes on the new levy" just like they did the last time, unfortunatly we all found out " The Issue Committee" headed up by Mr. Prebbles did not tell us the truth.
I wouldn't want to be a teacher at open house this year...

Janice ps thanks for your thoughts

Justin
There is no failure in the negotiation I don't know what the end result is..
The BOE negotiated on behalf of us all and I support them no matter what the outcome.... i do know this we spent 4 million dollars more than we took in that is deficit spending that can oly be balanced through cuts in spending, additional revenue or both. This is not a zero sum game I am sure you know that but it has been treated that way. I have no illusions I do not speak for all but I do know this and it is without contestation "we the people" defeated three new levy attempts this should be a very important part of any negotiation. After all we are not communists..lol > you as well enjoy your evening and a grand one it is.