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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pay is so bad at privates compared to publics. Seems like the only people who stick with it 5+ years have family money or a spouse who makes good money.[/quote]

Or a child enrolled at the school.
Or they’re kind of mediocre but have a lot of social capital among families and fellow teachers. 
Lots of possibilities.[/quote]

Social capital doesn’t pay the bills.[/quote]

[b]Plenty of people have been teaching for 15-20 years, bought a house at a relatively low price, and would rather be comfortable than rich. [/quote][/b]

None of those people did it as single teachers working for private schools, though, because those people are not making "comfortable" salaries.  They are truly poor.

Some teachers are married to wealthy spouses or have trust funds, and they are able to buy houses. [/quote]

This. Many, many teachers are married to higher earning or independently wealthy spouses. Those colleagues who are single live far away from school so they can afford housing and are struggling with their micro salaries. Don’t even get me started on what coaches at these schools are paid.

In response to teachers coming into school at the same time as children being dropped off—many of the teachers have children they are dropping off (elsewhere) as well. Our school is single sex so if you have a child of the opposite sex they cannot go to the school where you teach and the tuition “break” is so small that many opt to send their children to other schools. [/quote]

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