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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Help me understand the private schools. The teachers make half of public school teachers.  How many private school parents would take a job for a much lower salary?? Private schools have wonderful sales people![/quote]

You're weird and your claims hyperbolic.  Private schools, in an effort to remain competitive, will generally ensure they're not paying less than 15% what public schools pay, but that doesn't mean they pay less.  Our family is in education and know definitively that some of our positions pay more than equivalent public school positions.  It really depends on the type of private school, location, attendance, etc.  For some private schools (religious, for example), there is more of a calling for people to teach there, so it's not about chasing the higher salaries.[/quote]

Factor in the pension and healthcare plans. [/quote]

Factor in free tuition. [/quote]
A lot of them are only discounts, not free. [/quote]

If it’s not free, teacher’s kids are often prioritized for Financial Aid packages. I know a lot of parents who moved to our private school just to get tuition remittance for their kids (some are teachers and some are other admin staff such as accounting, front office, nurses, etc). They could definitely make more other places but they save a lot on tuition, plus there’s the convenience of working the same place you’re bringing your kid to school/having same holiday schedule, getting them access to a top school, and for some it’s based around school philosophy.

Private school teachers are also less over worked and stressed out, usually with more resources, less kids per class, and less behavior issues. Our local public has 26 kids per class with no aide, our private school class has classes half the size. Professional development can also be better at some private schools. Our private school supports our teachers to travel a lot for professional development.

I know several Beauvoir/NCS/StA teachers with young kids who teach there because of daycare on site.

And yes I know several teachers whose spouse makes a lot. They’re not working just for the money. Job quality and satisfaction means a lot to them and they’re not going to get that teaching public school. [/quote]

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