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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pay teachers and childcare workers more. They can make almost as much working in fast food but are responsible for the health, safety, and education of your children.[/quote]

Not in DC-they are getting a taxpayer-paid raise that was voted in by City Council-about an extra 6 bucks an hour for a full-time child care teacher, who currently only needs a high school diploma and a CDA certificate. This will be paid in a lump sum this fall but will continue yearly.

And we are still having trouble hiring! Where I work this will bring their hourly rate to over 30/hr plus excellent benefits.[/quote]

$30 per hour to teach 30 kids? That’s atrocious. I made $25/hour with excellent benefits doing 1:1 in school almost 20 years ago. $30 is a terrible pay rate especially in DC where cost of living is so high. No wonder people are leaving.  You also shouldn’t be trusting that many kids to someone with just a hs diploma. DC needs some better priorities.[/quote]

30 Kids? Where are you getting that? No, 8 or 10, depending on the age. And that's with a co-teacher. [/quote]

Ok, my mistake, but that’s still not enough. They need at least $50 per hour to make it more appealing. I wouldn’t apply there. You might get people but they won’t be highly qualified. [/quote]

My husband and i have graduate degrees and I just hit $50/hr a decade into my career; he still hasn't. I think you would get very qualified applicants, but I can't see funding that without actually taxing the rich substantially more, since it's so far above the median wage. [/quote]

Too much money gets wasted, unaccounted for, and the school boards and high level boe members are overpaid. Teachers doing the hands on job should make as much or more. They always have these huge budgets but the schools are only getting worse, it never makes sense. I won’t work in public education anymore even for $50 I can make twice that in home based.[/quote]

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