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[quote=Anonymous]I learned this week that ACPS has the shortest school day of any district in the Commonwealth - teacher contract hours are only 7.5 hours a day in a school building.  From what I have observed, most of the teachers are absolutely cognizant of this when they show up 10 minutes before school and are out by 20 minutes after.  Most teachers are contracted for 195 7.5 hour days - so a total of 1462.5 hours a year.  Distilled to an hourly rate, that is $38.54 an hour for a first year Bachelors teacher and for the teacher who stayed on for a masters degree and is a first yeat $43.78 and hour.  I understand that many teachers do work outside contracted hours - many, also, do not.  I have a doctorate level degree and my hourly wage was and is equivalent.  A GS-11 Step 1 employee in this area is paid $82764 a year.  They have to work 8.5 hours a day for approximately 266 days a year, so a rate of $36.61 an hour.  Many of those GS-11s are working hours well-beyond 8.5.  We should just be very careful in valuing teachers above our FBI agents, federal law enforcement, drug abuse counselors for veterans, social workers for Health and Human Services, Service Members, Public Defenders, etc.  Many jobs are careers in service where compensation may not reflect the value of the work.  Many people are public servants.  Many people would value a 195 day work year.  [/quote]

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