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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Improve teacher pay in the middle of the pay scales to attract better teachers to this region. I feel like right now the teachers in FCPS are basically:

- career-changers, former SAHM types who went back to work to bring in a bit more money and because the schools have better benefits than their husband’s private company. But push comes to shove, they don’t really “need” the income. So they are reluctant to teach in person and may just quit.

- very young recent college grads originally from this area who may or may not stick with teaching long-term, or may move out of the area for better pay or cost of living.

- older teachers who have been here many years and make good money but since they’re older, they’re also reluctant to return.

In places where teachers are more well-compensated and teaching is a middle-class profession, you don’t see nearly this level of hesitancy and fear around teaching in person. They know they have good jobs, AND that people are lining up to replace them if they quit. My dad is a retired administrator in a small district in Ohio, certainly not a very rich place or anything, and kind of isolated, and they had hundreds of applicants for every job posting. I think if they offered teachers with a few years experience - not entry level or very experienced, but like the 3-15 year teachers - more money, that we could increase our teacher quality over time. [/quote]

There is zero political support for paying teachers more.  I do not see this happening.  [/quote]

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