Anonymous wrote:School A: private, 90K a year, 4% match on a retirement acct, class size capped at 18, 2 teachers per room (teaching partner is amazing), terrible, terrible student behavior, 1-1.5 hour each way commute
School B: public, 120K a year, continue contributing to pension, self contained sped room kids with significant cognitive issues but no expected major behaviors, 10-12 students, 1 teacher and 3-4 TA's, while behaviors aren't expected you can never be sure they won't still happen or a kid might transfer in with major behaviors, 25-30 minute commute each way
School C: public, 85-90K a year, continue contributing to pension, gen ed room, 20 students and 1 teacher, behavior unknown, but principal is known to try and fast track major behaviors into appropriate sped placement. I've worked with this principal before and she's amazing. 5 minute bike ride commute each way.
I'm currently at school A. I left a different public because student behavior was so awful I stopped sleeping at night and had to go on medication. Behavior is just as bad at private. I want to leave. But I don't know if I'm thinking straight. I have a few more years left, then I will retire from full time teaching. Any input?
Why would you even consider anything except School C? An "amazing" principal is a unicorn, and when you add the short commute, it seems crazy to go anywhere else. Unless that 30K at school B is life-changing, and won't result in higher childcare costs, School C would be my choice.
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