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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm still trying to understand why teachers in an URBAN school district should have on-site parking.

What is it about the teaching profession that makes so many of us reflexively say, sure, teachers should be able to drive to work and park steps aways from their desk — for free?   I personally suspect it has everything to do with the fact that they're with our Precious, Precious Offspring all day.

The equally hard-working respiratory therapists at Georgetown or GW Hospital who saved your dad's life last year when he had pneumonia don't have free on-site parking (and they're at work so much later in the day than a teacher, and earlier, too).  The administrative assistants at all the do-good nonprofits in the District don't get free garage parking, though they make less than teachers.

Then there's the tens of thousands of less "noble," higher-paid professionals working in the District M-F who don't get free on-site parking, either.

Explain in rational terms why teachers can't take public transportation (or pay to park in nearby garages, if available) like everyone else in DC?[/quote]

You mean the way that teachers at Ellington, Janney and Murch do?[/quote]

Teacher here who used to teach at Eaton a long time ago. I bring a ton of things home. Books to read and use to grade papers, and other materials. That hill up conn Ace and Macomb is not fun in the rain. Do you want your child’s paper to be water logged when I grade it or should I spend every waking minute at school to do this? I never respond to these posts but give me a break. Some days I have four bags I bring home. If I can’t park near school, then I can’t bring these things home then they do get a quick, cursory grade because I need to pick my kids up, too. Go away. I don’t tell you how to get to work, don’t tell me how to get to work.

I’m so glad I can park near my current school. I can’t get a spot in the lot, but I can park close to school. You asked PP and there is an honest answer. It makes me a better grader and teacher. I can’t do it all at school. I know teachers who bring more than me home and who are much older than me. [/quote]

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