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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So when new teachers enter the classroom with few mentors to nurture them or when they leave within 5 years, whom will you blame? [/quote]

My SIL was an elementary school teacher. She and many of her co-workers would leave after 5 years but it has nothing to do with raises. The issue is lack of affordable childcare and childcare that fits a teacher's schedule. Teachers are predominantly women and many get married and start having kids within their first five years. Childcare in this area is extremely expensive and the models out there do not provide any options for only 10 months of care. Teachers also don't have the flexibility to work from home or take an afternoon off for a kid's doctor's appointment.

If there were affordable quality childcare options, childcare that would run only 10 months, and more teachers so that they could take more flextime then you would see more teachers staying in the profession past 5 years. Some teachers will still decide to stay home but many would keep working if it wasn't so logistically problematic.[/quote]

Does your SIL live and teach in MoCo?  Yes, historically the vast majority of teachers were women, and probably this continues to be true.  They weren't all childless, and they managed to find childcare.  I don't think this argument is logical. [/quote]

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