what is going to happen to teachers' salaries next year?

[Anonymous]

Reid comes from a district with a $453 million budget:

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1726180743/nsdorg/ov5uxc9ldbosh5tysfpj/2024-25F-195Budget.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The BOS two years in a row has thrown education under the bus. Last year, they gave their general county employees 6 percent raises, 10% for fire/police and told FCPS to jump in a lake over plans to give teachers 6% raises. While all other county workers got 6% +, educators were left with 3% or 4%.

This year, enter collective bargaining for educators: this time they couldn't screw over teachers, and teachers got 6% ... still significantly less than police and fire a year ago, and the BOS are mad as hornets over it. Seriously, do people move here for the county govt services? Or the schools?

The county gave FCPS $118 million more than last year! It’s up to FCPS to make good choices which they appear unable to do. Also the county MSA was 2% this year (even though the market study said it should be 4%) and 2% last year. Meanwhile FCPS employees got a 6% raise.

+1. Creating new six figure political operative jobs and cutting student facing positions is not a good look.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pls attend the budget meeting scheduled next week.

And ask why $1.5 million is available for EACH school board member to hire an assistant for $121,000 that only requires a bachelors degree (if even that) and why teachers with masters don’t get paid near that to start. Ask why board members are hiring “political strategists” (their actual titles on LinkedIn) for these jobs. Why someone promoted to this job was making $72,000 and now has a 68% salary increase. Ask why Reid and Gatehouse employees should get raises at expense of AART and Special Ed that is IN schools with children. Ask why Mondays that were to be for allotted learning for teachers to meet state requirements is now pitched as planning time and being rolled out as Wednesday early releases. And why when getting $118 million MORE than did last year Reid is blaming the fall of FCPS on everyone else.

As a school-based employee, +100 to all of this.

The instructional positions that are being cut at the elementary level are devastating. SPED, AAP, 275 classroom positions, and an unknown number of student monitor positions. Insane at this point of the year and wouldn't be necessary if central office took a smaller raise.

[Anonymous]

As a school-based employee, +100 to all of this.

The instructional positions that are being cut at the elementary level are devastating. SPED, AAP, 275 classroom positions, and an unknown number of student monitor positions. Insane at this point of the year and wouldn't be necessary if central office took a smaller raise.

no one is cutting any positions. stop spreading lies.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. I would rather get a smaller raise than have any of the cuts happen. These cuts will make my job harder and is not in the best interest of students. If the cuts were instructional coaches, there would be less pushback as they do not work with students and make teacher’s jobs easier. IMO, those positions should be the first to go.

[Anonymous]

What do instructional coaches do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do instructional coaches do?

Same question. Do they get paid less or more than teachers? What’s their role?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do instructional coaches do?

Same question. Do they get paid less or more than teachers? What’s their role?

they are the equivalent of a meddling mother-in-law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. I would rather get a smaller raise than have any of the cuts happen. These cuts will make my job harder and is not in the best interest of students. If the cuts were instructional coaches, there would be less pushback as they do not work with students and make teacher’s jobs easier. IMO, those positions should be the first to go.

+1

This is making me very nervous for next year and this year was hard enough

[Anonymous]

At our elementary school, one of the first-grade Teacher was promoted to Instructional Coach. It did not sit well with the other staff

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What do instructional coaches do?

Same question. Do they get paid less or more than teachers? What’s their role?

They are paid at the same rate as teachers, but are on an extended contract. So they work extra days and receive pay for 11 months vs. 10 (a 10% increase over a standard teacher contract).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

As a school-based employee, +100 to all of this.

The instructional positions that are being cut at the elementary level are devastating. SPED, AAP, 275 classroom positions, and an unknown number of student monitor positions. Insane at this point of the year and wouldn't be necessary if central office took a smaller raise.

no one is cutting any positions. stop spreading lies.

You must have missed the budget presentation that showed the reduction of existing SPED chair and AART positions, as well as changing the class size formula to reduce existing classroom positions by 275. Reducing existing positions = cutting positions. There are people currently in these positions who have been getting bad news. So speaking of spreading lies...

[Anonymous]

It was also explained that there are several open positions that staff who will be cut can be placed so technically not many are going to lose their job. Please see the full presentation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was also explained that there are several open positions that staff who will be cut can be placed so technically not many are going to lose their job. Please see the full presentation

This doesn't negate the fact that hundreds of positions are being cut at the elementary level. I have seen the full budget presentation and am recognizing the effect of what has been proposed.

The positions being cut means fewer people available to perform needed functions (in this case that's IEP meetings, AAP screening, etc.), less coverage being available, and larger class sizes. It's an increased workload for those that remain, and many of them are already feeling pretty burned out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do instructional coaches do?

Same question. Do they get paid less or more than teachers? What’s their role?

They are paid at the same rate as teachers, but are on an extended contract. So they work extra days and receive pay for 11 months vs. 10 (a 10% increase over a standard teacher contract).

What.
These interlopers get paid extra for adding useless tasks to our plate?