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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if teachers in DC are paid well? 
The whole premise of this post is nasty, many jobs get 8 weeks paid vacation. Teachers on average work 10 months in a year, it is never 9. Teachers should be paid well. I find it interesting that principal salary is never discussed but every once in a while you have an odd parent wanting strange attention online.

Presents are never a requirement. Appreciation can be free. I hope I never come across a loser parent like this. [/quote]

I know plenty of feds who take several weeks off in the summer, spring break with their kids, winter break off, random other days during the school year.  They also work from home a few days a week and admittedly don’t work even close to a full day.  I have friends in non profits with similar schedules and vacation time.  [/quote]

Feds only get 6 weeks off per year.  We have to take leave the day after Thanksgiving if we want it off.  Teachers have 2 months in the summer, plus winter and spring breaks and other days.[/quote]

UNPAID. Teachers are paid for 190ish days a year.  Summers aren’t “off”.

Sigh. [/quote]

Well ... Isn't this kind of a distinction without a difference? When I was a teacher (in the private school world) we had the option of being paid for 10 months, or stretching the salary to cover 12 months.

I did relax during the summers. Summers off were glorious.

It's ok![/quote]

No, it isn’t. I work 12 months of hours condensed into 10 months and I only get paid for those 10. I then have to get a 2nd job for the 2 months I am essentially furloughed each year.

I’m glad you got to relax during the summers. Perhaps you are married to someone who makes much more? Not all of us have that set up. [/quote]

Kids are only in school for 180 days, which last I checked was less than half the year. [/quote]

If you count it that way you are also counting weekends.  If you look at typical employees, take 52 weeks a year and figure 3 weeks vacation plus 5 federal holidays as a baseline.  That's only 48 weeks a year times 5 days a week.  That's only 240 out of 365 days.  That's only 65% of the year.  Yes, typical employees work more than teachers.  Unlike most teachers, I do consider my summers true vacation time.  I don't count it as unpaid time.  I value that perk.  And for me, after nearly 30 years in the field, I'm finally earning enough to feel well paid (not super well paid). But it still isn't enough to draw enough and keep enough people in the profession.  [/quote]

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