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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I just want to add to this that many of the young teachers are in student debt. And if they are starting out fresh out of undergrad, they have to get their masters degree within a certain time frame, so they are doing classes at night and they are also doing tutoring to make ends meet. With the new pay scale and (hopefully) the opportunity to continue to get National Board Certification, more teachers will stay because in the later years, the salary is good. My daughter has had some wonderful teachers, many coming out of Towson.

[quote=Anonymous]66k is not much once pension, healthcare, fed/state/Moco taxes, and (optional but not really) union dues are taken out.  Don’t forget all the stuff teachers typically have to buy for their classrooms or to reward kids these days.

You are looking at about $4k a month in takehome income with no money from July to mid-September.  Most unmarried teachers live paycheck to paycheck.  That needs to cover housing (good luck!) student loans, food, etc.

When we do the math with high school students in class, everyone basically calculates that $80k is really the wage needed to live MoCo to account for all major and typical expenses.[/quote][/quote]

The extra pay for National Board is only funded through 2032 or something like that. [/quote]

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