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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the pay at the elite local private schools competitive?[/quote]
No.
St. Alban’s might be the best. They used to cover your kid’s tuition also.

No others do. Retirement and benefits far below public schools.[/quote]

This is what I don’t understand - how are private schools a much better education than public if their teachers are getting paid less? Wouldn’t better teachers go public for more money?[/quote]

It's not a strict calculation of dollars.  There are things in private school that can be appealing - smaller classes, more control in lesson planning, fewer discipline problems.  [/quote]

I agree. I transferred to a private school after many years in public. I gave up slightly higher pay, but I gained a better work/life balance and more respect. I don’t feel beat-down and defeated at the end of the day.

Many private school teachers left the public districts for similar reasons. [/quote]

Teachers at the top privates won’t cross six figures.  [/quote][/quote]

Incorrect.  I'm in a Midwestern "top" private (excuse me while I gag) and I am making 100K+.  But I was making 12[/quote]

Meant to say 120K in public.  And yeah I miss that higher pay. But here's the thing, it isn't so much the yearly salary where private school teachers lose out.  It's the pension.  Where I'm at, teachers get 74% of their highest yearly salary for the rest of their life if they put in 34 years.  In private now, I get a 4% match in my retirement account from the school.  But that's truly nothing compared to a pension.  
At the same time, quality of life in many privates is so much better.  Instead of kids throwing things at me, threatening to kill me, destroying the room (gen Ed room) I actually can teach instead of just trying to keep everyone alive and healthy-ish.  A few years ago when I left public, I was diagnosed with CPTSD due to my working conditions.  I'll take the lower pay and less in retirement. 
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