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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was so reluctant to leave public school teaching because of my cheap healthcare and tenure. That was about eight years ago. At the time, I was getting mistreated by my supervisor (think “metoo” stuff) and felt I had to look elsewhere. I ended up taking a job in a private school with more expensive benefits, about equal pay and no protections. I also ended up loving my job again, getting my contract renewed year after year because I’m good at what I do, and eventually made up the salary gap. I also don’t have to work with people who underperform or abuse others, at least not for long anyway, because they don’t get their contract renewed. We have a few openings right now because there are teachers who don’t want to return in person, and we are instructing kids in person, and we are getting a deluge of applications from teachers in local public schools who would have to break their contract to come work for us. They don’t have any loyalty to their employer because their employer has no loyalty to them, and they know it. Whoever we hire, meanwhile, will be so lucky. My coworkers are like family to me, and so are my students and their families. It’s been like landing on another planet. I would do anything to support my school community.[/quote]

Are you in the DC area? [/quote]

Also, do you have kids of your own?[/quote]

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