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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard about this thread (and this website) in the teachers’ lounge over lunch. And wow. Just wow.

But DCPS is hiring! Join us, since we’re super well-paid and all. [/quote]

Man, you are missing the point.

So many people assume that unless you are the parent of an at-risk child in DCPS, you must be better off than the teachers. Guess what, not all of us are. I have made less money annually than every one of my child's DCPS teachers, except a handful of specials teachers. And that's with me working 12 months a year, and I regularly work long hours and have to work through holidays or weekends or after hours in order to meet deadlines. So on an hourly basis, I think it's very likely that many DCPS teachers make a lot more than I do. I have a master degree, am a 15 yr veteran in my field, and I think my work is important (though it is solitary and I can work remotely, a perk I really appreciate, though this does make work-life balance difficult because of my hours).

I am glad DCPS teachers make the salaries they do, I think all teachers deserve more. I think I deserve more. But I think it's worth acknowledging these are good salaries for the industry. Yes, the area is expensive. I know, I'm a middle class parent trying to make it work!

OP's only point is that teachers in DCPS are well compensated by industry standards and that perhaps parents should not carry around this belief that all teachers are underpaid, because in DCPS that's not really true. DCPS pays pretty darn well. Why is that so upsetting to say?[/quote]

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