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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS doesn't want to spend its money on personnel.[/quote]

That's all FCPS spends money on - more than 90%of the Operations Budget goes to compensation.  But look at how much money is going to pay rich benefits to the retired teachers. That's why there's nothing left to pay for more younger, active teachers.[/quote]

In all its wisdom a few years ago, FCPS offered early retirement to lots and lots of great teachers.  One of them told me she could not afford NOT to retire.  They were able to work almost full times as subs (paid better than they are now) AND collect retirement.  Now the piper has come to collect.

Talk about kicking the can down the road.  [/quote]

What year was that? It wasn't recently.[/quote]

Ten or fifteen years ago, I think.  Lots of them subbed for years after that--until they changed the rules and quit paying so much.  I know of one that took a 2/3 job at another school and got paid as a retired long term sub and her retirement.  Great teacher!  I was sorry when she left after four or five years.
This was offered to them for more than a couple of years, I think.  I know another who was an AP and continued to sub in that role--there were lots of lots of retirees working throughout the county.  I think that by doing this, the state picked up their retirement and they were able to hire cheaper teachers for a while.  There was some short term financial benefit for the county--but the greatest benefit were for those teachers.  Many did not quit working--they just collected two incomes.  And, now we are paying the piper.  [/quote]

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