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[quote=Anonymous]Well in a way, that would be helpful for the DC area to have more experienced teachers in PG county. The DC area is already so out of balance with development happening on only two of the four sides of the city. I'm sure money is an issue, but Arlington's housing is very pricey and their teacher pay is not that much stronger that people would be willing to drive there just for the money. I think Arlington draws many teachers because of the better working conditions than the extra $6000 they get a year in salary. When teachers write blogs about why they are leaving, they write about lack of support, lack of autonomy, too much testing at too high a level, curriculum not interesting, too many children in a class, classes with too high needs and no support. It's rarely about too few pay raises or if it is it's related to problems that they feel are out of their control where they feel they are getting paid little and expected to fix problems that are unfixable by one person. There are some teachers who would move just because of money, but most people go into teaching knowing it's not a highly paid profession like a lawyer or doctor. There are many many jobs in Fairfax that are not highly paid either, but those people also live in Fairfax, pay the taxes, and send their children to Fairfax schools.[/quote]

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