Shameful: Teachers in Buffalo, NY get free botox, liposuction and tummy tucks on taxpayers dime

Teachers unions in Buffalo, NY have a sweetheart deal. They get free plastic surgery with no deductible  on the taxpayer's dime.

As thousands of teachers face layoffs across the country, teachers in Buffalo, New York are getting lipo? Yep. And nose jobs and whatever else they want. All on the taxpayers’ dime. How is this happening?[… ]

The sweet deal that all the 3,400 teachers in Buffalo are eligible to get under one of their insurance plan options, they are billed nothing for any plastic surgery procedure, such as botox, liposuction, tummy tucks, and there is no deductible.

Linda Tokarz teaches second grade and says she gets regular treatments. She says, “I think its great for us. I wouldn’t want to see it taken away.”

Meanwhile,there isn't enough money for after school tutoring and some schools have had to stop ordering supplies. 

At Bennett High School, the after-school tutoring that had been offered to students all year long has stopped.

Teachers at International School 45 -- and Bennett, and four other schools -- no longer have permanent subs assigned to their building so that they can attend professional development sessions or have time during the day to coordinate lessons with their colleagues.

And ordering most new supplies has ground to a halt at six of Buffalo's lowest-performing schools.

 Besides the ridiculous medical benefits teacher's unions negotiated, the Buffalo school system lost $9.3 million in federal funds because teachers unions wouldn't agree to a reasonable evaluation system. 

Why are the city's most struggling schools being hit by spending cuts in the middle of the school year?

In January, the state education commissioner suspended $9.3 million in federal funds because Buffalo had failed to submit adequate agreements with its unions for principal and teacher evaluations. District officials say they hope revised union agreements will be good enough to persuade the state to restore the funding. But in the meantime, they are taking steps to cut back on spending at those schools -- a move that is causing concern.