Signs they hold in the picture above-

"WE'RE WORTH IT"

Hey, listen up, NO YOU ARE NOT!!!
There are plenty of great new teachers waiting for a job. Remember, you were a new teacher once also. And, maybe its time to go with those who are fresh and eager, and get rid of those slackers just counting the days until retirement.

Try and tell us all again its about the students and working conditions when you carry this sign.

Don't come back, teachers!! After everything that has transpired this week, I have very little respect for the teachers of this district. My children have been hurt in this entire process and this should be about THEM! I want to see them FIRED and if they want to work they can interview for their jobs again. If they don't get hired, I hear Cleveland is looking for good teachers!

"We are worth it"........i thought it was about the kids?? These are the most selfish, irresponsible and poor excuses for role models to lead my kids. I dont want them back. They are so backwards in their thinking. They sent home a scare-tactic letter to scare the kids and parents about the subs. The subs actually WANT to work and teach. You dont go into teaching to get rich. You know that going in. But somewhere these idiots want everything and more. They dont pay into Social Security. They dont pay into a full pension. They have guaranteed step-raises just for time served as a teacher. Get real. Open your eyes. No other job offered that. Layoffs and increased emplyee contibutions are just the way it is. YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT. Fire them now. I fully support the School Board. The teachers have been bullies and childish in their actions. Im ready to protest against letting them near the schools. Fools. You drag my children into your selfish demands and lie and scare them. You dont deserve a job. "Poor working conditions"!? Really? Strongsville is far from ghetto. Get these so-called teachers out. The subs are lined up to get in.

Teachers have a responsibility to their students, period. While the teachers may have valid points, they are by no means working in poor conditions in Strongsville. They have a job, they receive benefits. That is more than many people can say in this economy. There has to be a better way to negotiate, without a negative effect on our children. Leaving students to start all over with new teachers in the middle of the year is irresponsible, selfish, and deplorable!

I want to know what the big lie is about frozen salaries. If you look at buckeyeinstitute.org these teachers have received a raise every year for the past five years. Just another lie these teachers are spreading including two of my best friends. Suck it up teachers and do it for the students like you tell us taxpayers everytime there is a school levy on the ballot to pay for your huge salaries, incredible benefits, and pensions. We are done with you. Bye Bye and have a nice unpaid vacation.

A few things I have learned in my 20 years of work experience: it does not matter what degree you have, you are replacable, the job will still get done, and nobody cares if you leave.

Suck it up Teachers. Be glad you have a JOB in todays economy. (RETIRED) I pay $160. a month for my Medical. No more pay raise for me. Every time you get a raise (I LOSE MORE OF MY INCOME). NOT paying for your raises anymore. Time to get rid of the UNIONS,they have outlived themselves in all phases of jobs.
50 + years resident...Liz.

I am mad as all hell that they would use my son's backpack to send home their garbage in letter form. In the letter the SEA suggests a list of questions I should be asking the board, being the concerned parent that they are expecting me to be about the situation at hand. Number 8 states " How will the replacements be able to identify an intruder? Have they had the recent Active Shooter training sessions that many of the district's teachers have already completed?" WOW- disgusting to me that the SEA is implying that having a substitute means that my child is at a higher risk of being shot by an intruder. Unbelievable to me, would any teacher be able to identify an intruder? Do they know EVERY face that may enter the schools doors? Most shootings that have occurred are by known people and NOT intruders so that whole number 8 has no business being in the letter at all. It doesn't make sense to suggest to a parent to ask that question period. The only reason number 8 is in that letter is to intimidate and bully us. Which I thought there was zero tolerance for bullies in the school system??? They also closed the letter by stating " I trust you will use your best judgement whether or not to allow your child to attend school". Why wouldn't I "allow" my son to go to school. He didnt do anything wrong. He has every right to go to school and he will continue to go and I didnt even have to use my "best judgment" to come up with that one either! Please let them strike, then let them go

As a taxpaying citizen who is paying the teachers wages all I can say is "you're fired"
Goodbye you greedy union thugs.

Everyone saying "I pay teachers salaries", you do realize that teachers are paying their own salaries? They also pay taxes...
You don't question Starbucks employees about their wage every time you purchase a drink, do you? Technically, you're also paying their salaries with every penny you spend their.

Jordan,

We also pay 100% of their retirement and they dont put a penny into ours (no SS Tax) and we fund their insanely cheap health plan. There is a big difference.

Just on the news no settlement - they negotiated 10 hours.
The board wanted:
9.3% raise but they have to pay pick up
15% of health care capped at $200
Merit raises

Nothing unreasonable to me - actually it would increase the boards cost to give the 9.3 with them onlypaying the pick up at the 14% the board owes would be higher too.

LAST BEST OFFER
http://www.strongnet.org/cms/lib6/OH01000884/Centricity/Domain/1/BOE.LastBestOffer.2013-03-02.pdf

Jordan,

How many teachers log significant accruals into Social Security before becoming a teacher. Seriously. Wake up.

Just witnessed them harassing people interviewing for the sub jobs at City Hall. Great stuff. Ugh.

Tom M..... good question. Maybe someone could ask her? After seeing what's going on down there.... I ask again.... why would any responsible adult ask students to partake in the pathetic circus that's taking place right now at City Hall? Come to City Hall and see your 'role models' in action. Watch them case down people and curse at them, scream uncontrollably and otherwise act like idiots. Great job teachers, and all the local news stations are covering you all acting like idiots.

The news media, 3,5,8,19, all need to be contacted and told about this 3:00 "yell at the scabs at city hall". Let the public see the thugs.
See the above picture uploaded that has the message that teacher Mrs. Solecki sent to a student.

Have you seen the teacher support rally at city hall today?

As a student, and upcoming graduate of Strongsville high school I am incredibly dissapointed to the conclusion that the board and union have come to. I think the best decision lies somewhere in the middle. Nonetheless, questions are not being answered. Without the credit from some of the classes i will not be able to graduate,and finding a college is out of the question. The board has done a terrible job at informing the students. I am in the dark

Nothing was made clear through the days leading up to this. Teachers have either avoided the topic altogether, or made extreme gestures at the board. I am only one of many students in this same situation

I would also like to inform you. Being parents presumably. That teachers have been tweeting, and text messaging students, as myself, pictures and messages of "scabs". Please, if you are a parent ask your son/daughter. These disays are completely unprofessional and should be reported to the boarc

I am a new teacher - graduated at the top of my class. I'd love to have a full time teaching job. I don't understand the ingratitude from the teachers that are striking. I would give anything to have the opportunity. I am not alone.

I have seen more than I'd like to of rabid thuggery in the schools. When the whole SB5 thing was going on, I was student teaching. Forty year old teachers were telling me they were going to have to move back in with their parents or lose their homes if it passed. Seriously.

Moreover, the evangelical Christians I know tell me they just keep their mouths shut. If you say anything that challenges or questions the sacred cows that are part of "the system," (e.g., Unions, Obama,) you WILL be an outcast. Teachers tend to be very liberal and vote accordingly. But then again, look where they come from...the teaching colleges, which are infiltrated with Lefties and Liberals. One of my professors was a big fan of Bill Ayers. It was all Lefty garbage. So, the new teachers come out of college completely brainwashed into this claptrap.

I don't support this kind of bullying or thuggery, but one thing the teachers say is true. These kids can be awful. I sub. I wish parents could see and hear what I do. Yes, the little darlings - once past about grade five - are...gasp, not so darling afterall