FCPS FY25 Budget

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Anonymous wrote:This is pretty standard for this type of organization, OP.

And before you ask, I received a 1% raise this year (and yes, I go into the office 5 days a week and no, I don't get summers off).

Teachers salaries reflect that they do not work over the summer. They can choose to be paid over the course of the year or just during the school year but a part of the reason that Teachers salaries are lower is because they do not work for 12 months out of the year. They do work more then 40 hours a week and most are working over winter and spring break.

I think the idea of different raises based on position makes sense. Gatehouse should see a smaller pay raise, regular teachers a larger raise and special ed teachers the largest raise. The money should be going more to the people doing the work of teaching kids and less to the admin and staff. Special ed teachers are by far the most over worked teachers on staff and should see some additional money because of that.

Special education teachers do get paid more. They have for the past few years and will continue to be in a higher scale for FY 2025.

They get paid for an extra 30 minutes per day. But this post is about raises, not pay scale. Special ed shortages mean they should get higher raises, in my opinion.

Dp they work an extra 30 minutes per day?

I don’t think OP is a teacher who is knowledgeable about the hours that a sped teacher works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty standard for this type of organization, OP.

And before you ask, I received a 1% raise this year (and yes, I go into the office 5 days a week and no, I don't get summers off).

Teachers salaries reflect that they do not work over the summer. They can choose to be paid over the course of the year or just during the school year but a part of the reason that Teachers salaries are lower is because they do not work for 12 months out of the year. They do work more then 40 hours a week and most are working over winter and spring break.

I think the idea of different raises based on position makes sense. Gatehouse should see a smaller pay raise, regular teachers a larger raise and special ed teachers the largest raise. The money should be going more to the people doing the work of teaching kids and less to the admin and staff. Special ed teachers are by far the most over worked teachers on staff and should see some additional money because of that.

Special education teachers do get paid more. They have for the past few years and will continue to be in a higher scale for FY 2025.

They get paid for an extra 30 minutes per day. But this post is about raises, not pay scale. Special ed shortages mean they should get higher raises, in my opinion.

Dp they work an extra 30 minutes per day?

I don’t think OP is a teacher who is knowledgeable about the hours that a sped teacher works.

Why do you say that? I am arguing that special ed teachers should get higher raises than others. Clearly I know they work very hard and serve an important purpose and there is a shortage of them.

[Anonymous]

FCPS Central Office hasn’t done anything to deserve a raise. They have created a calendar that benefits no one academically but forces people to work longer into the Summer and start school earlier every August. There have been technology purchases and contracts that have been disastrous for teachers and students within the past year. The public sentiment towards the direction the schools are going is not trending positively. Yes, they should get a smaller raise than the teachers do.

I have been teaching for over 20 years. Rarely do I end a work day thinking that the profession is getting easier or that I didn’t just work my tail off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gatehouse should see a smaller pay raise, regular teachers a larger raise and special ed teachers the largest raise. The money should be going more to the people doing the work of teaching kids and less to the admin and staff. Special ed teachers are by far the most over worked teachers on staff and should see some additional money because of that.

I'll go even further... we could cut Gatehouse headcount in half and hire more better paid teachers, and everybody would be better off (except for entrenched unelected bureaucrats).

Wouldn't make a difference. The difference between the number of in-school professionals and Gatehouse staff is massive.

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Anonymous wrote:4% is more than my raise this year.
FCPS looking greedy.

It’s much more than my raise this year. And they just got a 2% raise in January on top of whatever raise they got last July (3%? 4?).

You’ve never received a raise of 3% or more?

NP. No, there has NEVER been a flat across the board raise in our company. It is based on performance. People who meet or exceed expectations get raises. People who do not will not get a raise.

this poster must only have a GED and sucks at his/her job if only getting 1% raise.

time for you to find a new job unless if you want to continue being used up high and dry even though you must carry a jar of vaseline.

it's great you can show up to the office M-F, but now you should do work too so you can earn more of a raise at your company.