kbjoe1":1bjta8vk said:
my 2cents
I think that anytime some one signs a contract they should honor it unless there have been situations that lead to a need to void the contract. ie ethics issues, not being honest on the application, or moral issues.. to continue i think that the school board that takes a professional back into the system that has shown the lack of truthfulness is allowing a dishonest person access to young learning minds therefore they should be removed for failing to place a proper educator into their system...
Okay, let's just toss guys like that into prison for lack of truthfulness. If that becomes an incarceratable crime, I'm thinking that this instance will still be at the back of the line behind politicians (both parties), news media, most late-night television infomercial hawkers, shady car and insurance salesmen, and all sorts of folks that will make the prison overcrowding of the 80s and 90s look tame.
Sometimes things change. In the education system, the educator is pretty well more-or-less the indentured servant of the school district that has their name on a contract for the school year. The time frame for most teachers (forget coaches in this instance, for in Texas public schools virtually all coaches are teachers) to change jobs is usually pretty narrow ... April, May, June and a couple weeks in July unless you want to go all in and not sign your contract (if offered) from your current employer. Quit any other time and your district can restrict your employment in your profession elsewhere by notifying TEA.
My experience is in private business, and the legal term is "employment at will," which basically means the boss can toss you out the door at a moment's notice, but you are still free to ply your chosen trade unless there is some sort of anti-competition clause (which, if you're fired, is going to be hard to enforce).
I hate to go all Norma Rae on you, as I'm not a great fan of the union movement, but before we go all crazy about people backing out of jobs or switching to another job after accepting a job elsewhere, there's only one person (well maybe a spouse and family) who is going to look out after your own best interests, and it's yourself.
Do what's best for yourself because (and I can say this from personal experience) the "man" in the corner office (ie, boss) doesn't necessarily have your best interests at heart. And the "man" can be the school board, principal, corporate big wig (or corporate wanna-be-big-wig),business partner, a whole lotta folks.
When those times come where the "man" is on your side, enjoy it. It don't come along all that often.