FCPS teacher salaries--pathetic

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Anonymous wrote:How come Montgomery county can afford 17K per year more salary for teachers.

I'm not sure, either. I thought that their real property tax rate was very similar to Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

The issue isn't whether teachers "deserve" more. The issue is that if FCPS isn't competitive with other school systems, it will be at a competitive disadvantage attracting the best teachers.

[Anonymous]

How come Montgomery county can afford 17K per year more salary for teachers.

Where are you getting 17K?

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Anonymous wrote:

How come Montgomery county can afford 17K per year more salary for teachers.

Where are you getting 17K?

Page 38 of the WABE report shows a $6500 gap for step ten with a Master's degree.

http://www.fcps.edu/fs/budget/wabe/2015.pdf

[Anonymous]

New budget says FCPS teachers will get 3.9 percent raise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New budget says FCPS teachers will get 3.9 percent raise.

That's if you include step increases (for those eligible).
Market scale adjustment (COLA) is .62%.

[Anonymous]

Guess what? Private schools pay their teachers even less.. Yet those teachers provide better education for their students (otherwise parents would not pay 25K+ tuition and send their kids to a free public school).

Bottom line- I do not think that FCPS needs to pay teachers more... This is a free market economy and as long as there are enough people willing to take the job at a given salary, there is no need to consider a raise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guess what? Private schools pay their teachers even less.. Yet those teachers provide better education for their students (otherwise parents would not pay 25K+ tuition and send their kids to a free public school).

Bottom line- I do not think that FCPS needs to pay teachers more... This is a free market economy and as long as there are enough people willing to take the job at a given salary, there is no need to consider a raise.

Nice try. People send their kids to private school to avoid certain demographics and/ or to receive additional religious instruction.

[Anonymous]

Nice try. People send their kids to private school to avoid certain demographics and/ or to receive additional religious instruction.

Or because they think their kids will get a better education. I've always been a public school proponent, but private is looking better.

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Private school class sizes are also much smaller.

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Private school class sizes are also much smaller.

myth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guess what? Private schools pay their teachers even less.. Yet those teachers provide better education for their students (otherwise parents would not pay 25K+ tuition and send their kids to a free public school).

Bottom line- I do not think that FCPS needs to pay teachers more... This is a free market economy and as long as there are enough people willing to take the job at a given salary, there is no need to consider a raise.

Nice try. People send their kids to private school to avoid certain demographics and/ or to receive additional religious instruction.

Some people do, but most send their kids to private for better teachers/education.
Otherwise how can you explain existence of secular private schools and the fact that the best private school in the district have a very diverse student body?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guess what? Private schools pay their teachers even less.. Yet those teachers provide better education for their students (otherwise parents would not pay 25K+ tuition and send their kids to a free public school).

Bottom line- I do not think that FCPS needs to pay teachers more... This is a free market economy and as long as there are enough people willing to take the job at a given salary, there is no need to consider a raise.

Nice try. People send their kids to private school to avoid certain demographics and/ or to receive additional religious instruction.

Some people do, but most send their kids to private for better teachers/education.
Otherwise how can you explain existence of secular private schools and the fact that the best private school in the district have a very diverse student body?

Diverse skin colors, not bank accounts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How come Montgomery county can afford 17K per year more salary for teachers.

I'm not sure, either. I thought that their real property tax rate was very similar to Fairfax.

It is higher. In addition, they have many taxes and fees that aren't collected by Fairfax. Developers have to fund the schools and transportation at an equal rate. No proffers involved that can skew in the developer's favor.

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery is only 5k more. Whatever. Teachers make a darn good salary when one considers their hours and days of work. Actual work. The teacher workdays are a joke.

How many classrooms have you been in? How many days as a teacher have you had?

Your ignorance is a joke.

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