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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I work in the summer and the weeks I’m not working, I don’t get paid. It’s like everyone else’s annual leave but other jobs get paid year round.[/quote]

No, it's not like "everyone else's annual leave."  I don't get 8 - 10 weeks of annual leave and I certainly couldn't take it all in one stretch and I couldn't get a second job to pay me while I did.

If you want to quit, quit.  Or make a plan to quit at the end of the school year and start working toward that.  Stop whining.  Take ownership of your decisions.[/quote]

Also, MCP teachers have the option to spread out their paychecks over the course of the full year.[/quote]

Not yet. That option has never available to MCPS teachers. We're being told it's coming and will be effective July 2025 for those who opt in. The previous option was a limited "summer pay" through a Mo Co Credit Union.[/quote]

What was wrong with the existing program?

https://prod.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/ersc/employees/pay/summer-pay/[/quote]

You have to sign up with a credit union. MCPS does not do this. No one does this. [/quote]

If no one uses the existing program, why do you think anyone will use the new program?

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Because it will be through the MCPS payroll system and we don’t have to send our money anywhere else. Why would we do that? Most just save money for the summer through our own personal bank.  [/quote]

In that case, I'm still confused why you think you need one through the MCPS payroll system instead of just saving in your own bank account.[/quote]

Oh my goodness.  Do you even work for MCPS? Some people maybe aren’t as disciplined.  Maybe it’s easier for them who cares? It’ll be nice to finally have the option  To do this via our employer  instead of some random third-party they picked to withhold summer pay.  [/quote]

We start planning for our summer finances at the beginning of each school and it is still tough come October, when we finally get consistent pay every two weeks. The years prior to the one week of "accelerated" pay nearly broke us every year (two MCPS teachers) because life happens. The MCPS pay schedule for teachers has always been hard at the start of the school year, especially when we have to wait three weeks between the first full check and the second full check. There's no reason not to have a year long pay option through our employer. Unless, of course, the money for teachers just sits in an interest earning account until October when pay for teachers actually resumes every two weeks...but MCPS wouldn't do that, would they? [/quote]

[b]And these are the people teaching are kids...[/b]

If your pay were spread out over 12 months, then a portion of your pay would be delayed during the school year until the summer. You could put some aside in an interest-bearing account, but perhaps that's too complicated for you. Are you an English teacher? Elementary?[/quote]

Right?

[i]"Some people aren't as disciplined."[/i]

Crazy.[/quote]

Once again, 
I don’t tolerate nonsense. I will call it out in my classroom and on this thread.

You clearly do not understand the challenges teachers face, and it’s usually best not to arrogantly comment from a place of ignorance.

I do understand the PP’s point about discipline. We have many teachers who live paycheck to paycheck because they are single earners living in an expensive area. When that’s your lifestyle, it’s hard to hold back pay for summers. I understand this challenge, and seeing that I’m not rude, I’m not going to mock or demean people in this situation.

Perhaps you should follow my lead.

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I am a teacher and certainly understand the challenges.

If you can't do the math to hold back pay for summers (and if the pay is insufficient, then work a summer job of some kind; I dog sit for Rover), you have no business teaching.[/quote]

🙄 the whole point Karen is that we SHOULD not have to work two jobs. Because DCUM already thinks we make enough and aren’t financially disciplined.

Why are you teaching? You sound horrible. [/quote]

We have all summer off, Marge.  Working a low-effort job for a month or two is not a hardship.[/quote]

I’m sorry the post went over your head.   Not very bright are you.  Hope you aren’t really a teacher.  [/quote]

That PP likely isn’t a teacher. I don’t think any of us who actually know what the job is like would be that ignorant and rude about another teacher’s experience. 
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