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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers get paid ok stop the bs[/quote]

And they get off 3 months for summer. [/quote]

You obviously didn't learn math from an FCPS teacher.  Teacher contracts end in late June and begin in late August.  That would be 2 months, which are not only unpaid, but into which many unfunded mandates are included, such as mandatory training.  Most teachers spend a good portion of their (unpaid) summer preparing for the next school year.[/quote]

I agree, the time not under contract is not quite three months. We get paid for 194 days.

I'm the first person to correct misconceptions about our benefits, pay, and job responsibilities, but teachers I work with don't spend most of their summers preparing for the next school year. My wife and I have 27 years with FCPS between us and neither of us have ever had mandatory trainings in the summer. We [i]might[i] spend a few hours on work for school over the summer, but I doubt it. [/quote]

PP didn't refer to time not under contract.  PP claimed we have a three month summer.

Maybe you teach a different grade level, but I spend pretty much every day or winter and spring break grading papers.  I have to take classes over the summer for at least 3 of every 5 summers in order to renew my certification.  And I spend a LOT of time obmver the summer preparing materials for the next school year.  Of you've found a better way to balance work/life, I salute you.  Most teachers I work with are in the same boat as me, lugging home work every night, every weekend, and every "vacation".[/quote]

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