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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legitimately curious where people get their information who claim there is a teacher shortage in FCPS.

I am sure there are shortages in specialized subject areas, especially special ed, but not buying it re general ed classroom teachers.

I understand there are no substitutes since their daily pay is like $100 pre-tax and our school sent an email to parents begging them to get certified, put names on sublist. Just havent seen any sign the county has widespread difficulty filling normal classroom positions.[/quote]

Teacher at FCPS. There are many schools who had long term subs all year in gen ed classrooms. There is a teacher shortage. I also think once schools decide on a plan there will be a lot of teachers resigning if they are scared to go back or if there are child care issues. We were hiring at my school and the amount of resumed coming in the past few years have gone down drastically. [/quote]

I think you are overestimating the amount of teachers who can afford to forgo their pay. There are not that many teaching out of the goodness of their hearts - most actually need the salary.[/quote]

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