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[quote=Anonymous]So many posts here are putting so much effort into minimizing and denying what teachers are saying.

There are very real trends happening here. They are apparent and simple to find evidence for.

Jobs are taking longer and longer to fill, more and more positions are going unfilled indefinitely, teachers are receiving less and less respect from all sides, MCPS is becoming altogether less attractive to work in because of central office level decisions and increasingly a parent culture of animosity rather than collaboration, and pay and benefits are simply not as appealing as they were 15 years ago.

I know everyone wants a simple answer or wants to deny it is happening to reduce their cognitive dissonance.  But talk to the teachers: new ones, veterans, those that stay, and those that are leaving.  We can't solve issues that we don't listen to, and certainly not by putting words in other people's mouths.

If you are unsatisfied with the above, we welcome you to become a teacher or a sub.  I can tell you how things have changed over the last 21 years, what we are trying to do to keep our heads above water, and then we can discuss together what we must do collectively as a community to make it to 2035.[/quote]

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