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[quote=Anonymous][quote]We're asking whether wages are high enough to attract talent to this particular job. The burn-out rate is incredibly high, and really high percent leave for other careers after just a few years. So apparently, teacher wages aren't high enough.[/quote]

Raises are not a solution to burn out. Raises actually make the effect of burnout employees in the classroom worse not better. Teachers are burnt out because class sizes are too big, there are not enough aides, they are expected to do more and more administrative assessments, adopt 2.0 with little support for staff development or materials, defend 2.0 to angry parents even though the teachers can't stand 2.0 either, and become super teacher with expertise in all specialized subjects as those positions are let go. A raise will not address any of these issues and a raise only serves to retain people who are burn out.

I agree with others that the raises are really Starr's solution to keeping teacher's quiet about how MCPS is being run into the ground with this ridiculous curriculum, poor facilities, and lackluster educational strategy. [/quote]

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