Northam to make permanent raise for teachers’ salaries

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Anonymous wrote:GOOD NEWS: Because of our strong fiscal management, and Virginians working so hard to mitigate #COVID19, we are projecting an additional $700 million in revenues over the current budget cycle—that means a permanent raise for teachers and additional relief for Virginia families.

That cash belongs to us taxpayers.
Give it back!

That’s not how taxes work.

In many cases, that’s exactly how taxes work. Excess taxes are debated or used to pay down debt.

What I want to know is exactly how we ended up with a 700M surplus. If it is (as I suspect) because it is much cheaper not teach kids via DL without the building and maintenance overhead, then no. I am not in favor of using that money to reward the teachers who kept the schools shut.

Plus, if we are finally opening schools, why is this money not being spent to remediate every kid who needs it this summer? Teachers can earn their raise. Win-win.

+1,000%!!!!

Agreed - where exactly did this surplus come from? Aren't taxpayers privy to this information legally?? I love my kids' teachers. But let's face it, (for APS anyway), the teachers literally DID NOT TEACH March - June. This is a fact. Speaking for elementary, it has been the bare minimum since September with how many "planning days, asynchronous days, etc**. Tell me why we should use this surplus to provide raises when in addition to this, many of these teachers are fighting returning to teaching in-person?

Maybe because less and less teachers are willing to serve as society’s scapegoats? Maybe you need to pay them more so that people won’t leave the profession in droves? Look how worked up you all get about spending time with your own 1-4 kids. Teachers have to deal with up to 30 of them at once. It is tough work and the ones who enjoy it and are talented at it are not as widespread as you might think.

Fewer. Fewer teachers. Jesus H.

Ladies and gentleman, the person teaching your kids to write. OMG.

Jesus H. You are kind of a dick.

If you don’t want this type of scrutiny, GO BACK TO WORK. We (the parents) are watching.

Now that they have separated FCPS on the forum, it is going to be easier to isolate and identify the parents in this county that bully and harass teachers. We (the teachers) are watching.

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Anonymous wrote:GOOD NEWS: Because of our strong fiscal management, and Virginians working so hard to mitigate #COVID19, we are projecting an additional $700 million in revenues over the current budget cycle—that means a permanent raise for teachers and additional relief for Virginia families.

That cash belongs to us taxpayers.
Give it back!

That’s not how taxes work.

In many cases, that’s exactly how taxes work. Excess taxes are debated or used to pay down debt.

What I want to know is exactly how we ended up with a 700M surplus. If it is (as I suspect) because it is much cheaper not teach kids via DL without the building and maintenance overhead, then no. I am not in favor of using that money to reward the teachers who kept the schools shut.

Plus, if we are finally opening schools, why is this money not being spent to remediate every kid who needs it this summer? Teachers can earn their raise. Win-win.

+1,000%!!!!

Agreed - where exactly did this surplus come from? Aren't taxpayers privy to this information legally?? I love my kids' teachers. But let's face it, (for APS anyway), the teachers literally DID NOT TEACH March - June. This is a fact. Speaking for elementary, it has been the bare minimum since September with how many "planning days, asynchronous days, etc**. Tell me why we should use this surplus to provide raises when in addition to this, many of these teachers are fighting returning to teaching in-person?

Maybe because less and less teachers are willing to serve as society’s scapegoats? Maybe you need to pay them more so that people won’t leave the profession in droves? Look how worked up you all get about spending time with your own 1-4 kids. Teachers have to deal with up to 30 of them at once. It is tough work and the ones who enjoy it and are talented at it are not as widespread as you might think.

Fewer. Fewer teachers. Jesus H.

Ladies and gentleman, the person teaching your kids to write. OMG.

Jesus H. You are kind of a dick.

If you don’t want this type of scrutiny, GO BACK TO WORK. We (the parents) are watching.

You mean go back to work on the building with students? I’ve been working from the building and the students’ presence hasn’t been my call to make.

[Anonymous]

What did the other than FCPS districts provide in 2020-2021 as far as pay increases? What are they providing in 2021-2022?

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Depends on the county. Per an article today:

The Fairfax County budget proposal includes no funding for Fairfax County employee pay increases in FY 2022, although the plan does not call for a freeze in hiring or reductions in staff. While funding for most county agencies remains flat in the fiscal 2022 budget, it does include a funding increase of $14.13 million for the county's public school system.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the county. Per an article today:

The Fairfax County budget proposal includes no funding for Fairfax County employee pay increases in FY 2022, although the plan does not call for a freeze in hiring or reductions in staff. While funding for most county agencies remains flat in the fiscal 2022 budget, it does include a funding increase of $14.13 million for the county's public school system.

This board is about non-FCPS districts but since you brought up county employees Il point out that they are separate from school employees.