WYNNEWOOD, Pa. – Labor leaders are reportedly enraged that the board of directors at the Perelman Jewish Day School has decided to stop recognizing the teachers union as an employee bargaining agent when its current contract expires in August.

The decision means that teacher tenure and seniority rights will no longer be recognized, according to a news report from Jewish Exponent. All teachers will have single-year contracts.

“Removing tenure and seniority will provide administrators with greater flexibility with recruiting new teachers, managing assignments of teachers to appropriate classrooms, and retaining and recognizing excellent teachers,” the board of directors announced in a released statement.

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That makes total sense, particularly for a private school, where parents presumably spend big bucks for tuition. Union contracts and tenure rules protect the status of underachieving teachers and force schools to make personnel decisions based on seniority, rather than putting the right educator in the right job.

Union contracts also typically call for annual raises for all teachers (regardless of their performance), which tends to be a ball-and-chain on school budgets. Public schools, with government support, have a hard enough time keeping up with union labor costs. We can only imagine what a task that would be for private schools.

Regardless of the logic behind the decision, union advocates predictably cried foul, claiming the school is violating the National Labor Relations Act.

“We will pursue every legal avenue on behalf of those dedicated teachers and committed union members,” Ted Kirsch, president of the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania, was quoted as saying.

School officials claim the law has no bearing, since the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that religious schools do not have to abide by federal labor regulations.

When the smoke clears, we’re guessing that the excellent teachers at Perelman will find themselves in a better situation than they had with the union, with better compensation. We’re also guessing that the not-so-great teachers will finally be shown the door, which is hardly a bad thing.

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But there’s no way to know for sure. Perhaps without the presence of a union, the board and school administrators will start treating the staff with disrespect and unfairness. If so, that problem will take care of itself. The excellent teachers will leave in droves, and the parents who pay tuition will demand answers, because they undoubtedly expect top-notch instructors in their children’s classrooms.

For now, it simply appears that the Perelman board has decided to take a big step toward improving academics and putting students first. Nobody but a union leader could argue with that.