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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Expensive benefits?  You are living in the past!  Teachers now have crappy Kaiser or crappy Cigna, and pay more for either than ever before.  And, pensions are significantly less- have to do the old 401ks just like everybody else.  Sure, once you hit 15/20 years and pay for your own Masters it isn't too bad,  but have you seen the numbers of how many new teachers don't even make it to give years?  Teaching is in crisis
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If the pension is so crappy let's get rid of it. It is eating up the budget, and no, not just the teachers in the old system. The county added a supplement ten years ago, it costs a ton of money so please, gtfooh[/quote]

It does seem like pensions need to be phased out as they have been across private industry.  It would make more fiscal sense to have the same 401 K system they do elsewhere. I am not sure of the cost differential but it is worth doing that math to see how much more teachers could be paid in salary if the pension system was phased out.  I think teachers have the same health insurance type plans as everywhere else — better than some worse than others.  What teachers do not have is fair hours/salary for their degrees.  They have to pay for a four years degree  at minimum so their salary/hours should reflect their degree requirements.  Right now they are low salary given their degree requirement plus they are expected to do their class prep work and grading after school hours.  [/quote]

Salaries are not too low for their degree.  When they cannot recruit anyone to work at this salary, then it is too low.
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