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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The curriculum office that was expanded to provide 2.0 should go. The technology office is spending too much and on antiquated technologies. They need to modernize and slim down considerably but they don't have the internal talent or leadership to do it.

HR benefits are interesting [b]4M a year on tuition reimbursement? [/b]Is that common on top of MCPS benefits?

If you drill into any of the budgets you see lots of little divisions. This is where waste comes from in a government system. In a 2B budget, the internal thinking is the a few million spread across many units will not stand out and will be safe. Its a self protective mechanism. It also bloats the overhead costs because each unit has a higher level manager even if its small. System wide consolidation and reduction would make more sense.

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Well, if teachers were paid what we're worth, we could afford to fork over $ for tuition.  But when you add demand on top of demand - with a master's degree now being the bottom - should we go into debt over this?

As it stands now, no one wants to enter teaching, and yet, who's raising a stink over this?  Instead, we bash teachers for low test scores due to factors beyond our control.

Is this what you want for you kids?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/06/teacher-shortages-guardian-survey-schools
Teacher shortages worsening in majority of US states, study reveals
Exclusive: Guardian survey shows schools turning to underqualified graduates to put more teachers in the classroom

[quote]Some states are turning to emergency or short-term licensure to put more teachers in the classroom.

. . .

The Guardian study found some states do not track unfilled positions on a statewide level at all. Alaska, Colorado and Maryland have just begun to keep recordsof unfilled positions – something they have never done before. All are states that have teacher shortage issues.[/quote]

On a personal note, we had a first-year teacher quit before school started - the last day of preservice.  Let's see how many last through December.
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I wouldn't classify MCPS teachers as being underpaid. Teachers can easily make 6 figures for working 180 days per year not to mention a generous pension the likes of which nobody in the private sector gets.[/quote]

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