Comment: The practice of hiring retired teachers back on contract exacerbates the situation. To my knowledge the Teachers Union is the only Union that permits retirees to take jobs that would otherwise go to newly qualified members. It is a practice that is detrimental to the education of our children and ultimately to the teaching profession as a whole. It is also considerably more expensive. The School Boards and the Union need to address this issue and hire the enthusiastic, talented, newly qualified teachers instead of stale retirees that want to "double dip".