Apartments for teacher

[Anonymous]

As an MCPS teacher, last year, MCPS teachers were compensated at $50 / hour when they had to cover a class or absorb students into their own class.

There were several times my teammate wasn't able to secure a sub and we split her class. Honestly, it's a win win. I made extra money and the students who were in the class with the teacher out were still able to learn academic content and not rely on a substitute who does not know the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an MCPS teacher, last year, MCPS teachers were compensated at $50 / hour when they had to cover a class or absorb students into their own class.

There were several times my teammate wasn't able to secure a sub and we split her class. Honestly, it's a win win. I made extra money and the students who were in the class with the teacher out were still able to learn academic content and not rely on a substitute who does not know the curriculum.

That's fine when you absorb students but if you give up your planning time, you still have to plan at some other time. My planning time is worth more than the money. That's just me.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

I totally think teachers are undervalued, my statement was not really agreeing with the statement above mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going to be a first year teacher.. I’m wondering what is a good affordable apartment complex?

Preferably in the Rockville/Bethesda area

There are numerous apartments in driving distance from rockville. checkout rent.com or apartments.com

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Yes!!! I started teaching in mcps over 20 years ago and was making 35k! It took a long time, and a lot of extra education, to move up the pay scale!

It's funny I saw the David Blair ad on TV about building affordable housing for teachers. I kept thinking why not just pay them a fair wage.

That would be expensive and there are no developer kickbacks doing that. This way developers get a huge payday funded by the taxpayer. That's the actual point.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Yes!!! I started teaching in mcps over 20 years ago and was making 35k! It took a long time, and a lot of extra education, to move up the pay scale!

It's funny I saw the David Blair ad on TV about building affordable housing for teachers. I kept thinking why not just pay them a fair wage.

That would be expensive and there are no developer kickbacks doing that. This way developers get a huge payday funded by the taxpayer. That's the actual point.

His ad said 30K new affordable houses needed to be built for teachers and first responders, and of course, this is about kickbacks. The developers get a lucrative contract to build thousands of new houses at a tidy profit all at the taxpayer's expense. A simpler way to address this is to pay all teachers and first responders a fair wage.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Yes!!! I started teaching in mcps over 20 years ago and was making 35k! It took a long time, and a lot of extra education, to move up the pay scale!

It's funny I saw the David Blair ad on TV about building affordable housing for teachers. I kept thinking why not just pay them a fair wage.

That would be expensive and there are no developer kickbacks doing that. This way developers get a huge payday funded by the taxpayer. That's the actual point.

His ad said 30K new affordable houses needed to be built for teachers and first responders, and of course, this is about kickbacks. The developers get a lucrative contract to build thousands of new houses at a tidy profit all at the taxpayer's expense. A simpler way to address this is to pay all teachers and first responders a fair wage.

Did the ad say the county was going to pay for these units? Currently, 15% of developments are MPDUs, also generally smaller units in a development. Does he want to increase the requirement? Does he want tax credits? What's the plan?

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Yes!!! I started teaching in mcps over 20 years ago and was making 35k! It took a long time, and a lot of extra education, to move up the pay scale!

It's funny I saw the David Blair ad on TV about building affordable housing for teachers. I kept thinking why not just pay them a fair wage.

That would be expensive and there are no developer kickbacks doing that. This way developers get a huge payday funded by the taxpayer. That's the actual point.

His ad said 30K new affordable houses needed to be built for teachers and first responders, and of course, this is about kickbacks. The developers get a lucrative contract to build thousands of new houses at a tidy profit all at the taxpayer's expense. A simpler way to address this is to pay all teachers and first responders a fair wage.

Did the ad say the county was going to pay for these units? Currently, 15% of developments are MPDUs, also generally smaller units in a development. Does he want to increase the requirement? Does he want tax credits? What's the plan?

All the ad said was he wanted to build 30,000 affordable housing units for teachers and first responders. I just wondered why not pay them fairly and let them decide how to spend their money.