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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's no secret that FCPS teachers have a great health plan and excellent retirement perks. It's been that way for years.

That is part of the argument for those that think teachers shouldn't complain about salary/work load (and fueling the argument that teachers don't even work an whole 8 hr/day, generous time off for holidays, snow days, etc.).

The BOS is never going to do anything about it. The teachers are too strong and vocal. [/quote]I think teachers do and should have good health care and should be paid competitively.  Unfortunately, the evaluation system for teachers seems to value seniority and years of experience over actual quality of teacher, so, to pay the good ones well, we have to pay the mediocre ones well, too.  I think pensions, as a retirement option are going the way of the dodo and the retirement of the baby boomers is going to put financial strain on many, many systems to the detriment, in the case of the schools, of our children's educations, unless FCPS is able to cut some of it's consultative and administrative bloat.  I still don't think continuing to add to the ranks of pensioners is going to help the school system, and a lot of government organizations that still offer pensions need to reconsider their retirement options before pensions become the bulk of the budget rather than upkeep of community resources.

That teachers get generous leave isn't an argument, it's a fact.  There are few other professions that give holidays, weeks of break for Thanksgiving/winter holidays/New Year's/spring plus the majority of the summer.  Most teachers I know work more than 8 hour days, but so do most salaried professionals, when required.  Teaching is hard, but, guess what? So are a lot of other people's jobs.  I've been told I shouldn't complain about my job because it pays well, but I do it anyway because sometimes, getting called at 10 p.m. for yet another completely preventable emergency gets old.  But, the pay is for the shitty hours and being on call 24/7.[/quote]

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