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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's probably going to be a lot of turnover in a lot of professions. The pandemic has a lot of people rethinking their career choices.

Teachers in DC seem like they have a pretty cushy gig. They are extremely well paid and their union runs the schools. If they move somewhere else, they're likely going to take a pay cut and other school systems are not going to be so deferential to all their demands. [/quote]

I moved from DCPS to MCPS a couple years ago. Yes, I took a small paycut but I’m much happier. MCPS has issues for sure, no question about it, but it is still much better run than DCPS. My principal is pretty good and is way less capricious and high handed than my old DCPS principal. The office staff at my new school is not great but the assistant principals are much stronger overall. Central office curriculum resources for my content area are fairly decent unlike some of the mish-mash DCPS used to send our way. Some of the MCPS professional development is also not great (similar to DCPS) but in general, the central office staff seems to be of higher quality than DCPS even though they are paid less than their DCPS counterparts. I think there is less cronyism and less of people hiring their friends. I’m happy I made the switch although life is not perfect. [/quote]

Do you think DCPS turnover can also be related to the fact that there are other choices for a good teacher in the immediate area - DCPCS/APS/FCPS/MCPS/PGCPS/etc.? It would be easier to contemplate a job change if you don’t have to move home and family. Is this a factor region-wide?[/quote]

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