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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some parents working two jobs are your kids’ teachers. [/quote]

I don’t stay after school because I work in another school’s after school program. It’s almost impossible to get a teaching spot at my school’s after school program because the teachers all need the money. [/quote]

I think teachers should be paid more and support all initiatives for this.  But MCPS teacher starting salary is 60k.  There are lots of jobs in the DC area with similar or less.  There is also plenty of outside tutoring opportunities available.  How are teachers struggling in this area?

Asking seriously with no judgements.[/quote]

I am not a teacher but are you "seriously" asking why someone who makes 60k/year struggles in this area? And your solution is "why don't you find additional work?" WTF PP?? [/quote]

You can make it work. Many other professions have the same salary, really less as teachers are ten month employees.  [/quote]

And those people struggle too. (DP here.). No one is denying that there are many Montgomery County residents who make $60K or less-- we're saying it's really tough to raise a family in this county at that income and folks feel like they're barely getting by, and so teachers earning that income who have other better-paying options often will take them. [/quote]

Understood but they don’t have to love in MoCo.  Plenty of professionals don’t live where they work for the exact same reason.  Instead they commute.  Which is time consuming and yeah sucks but it’s reality.[/quote]

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