Fairfax County--in the top 10 worst places for a teacher to work

[Anonymous]

Write and call your County Supervisor and insist they fully fund the school budget.

Where is the money going to come from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Write and call your County Supervisor and insist they fully fund the school budget.

Where is the money going to come from?

How about a meals tax?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Write and call your County Supervisor and insist they fully fund the school budget.

Where is the money going to come from?

How about a meals tax?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boo hoo hoo, it sucks to be you.

Why don't you quit if you don't like it?

Normally anybody who writes "sucks to be you" doesn't merit a response but I after I began teaching in the DC area I found it can be tricky to change school systems. Anti-poaching agreements make the timing hard.

[Anonymous]

Get rid of high school sports and just have town sports.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has insanely good benefits and for everyone I know who works there, it's a second salary -- wife works FCPS, husband does something higher-paying but less secure (much like the DC families who have one fed for the stability and one private sector for the cash).

I know one teacher who was on maternity leave three times in 4 years. And not over the summer either. During the school year. Appears to have taken the job for the benefits since her husband had a good job.

Prior PP here. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about. I know a teacher who did the same. Yearlong maternity leave, three times in a row. She still has her decently-paying job.

NOT true. FCPS does not allow three years of paid maternity leave. They two allow 2 years of UNPAID childcare leave.

I think the point being made was that you can take 2 years of unpaid childcare leave and still have a job when you return. That is a very generous benefit.