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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today has nothing do to with Rosh Hashanah.  That is just Monday.  This is a teacher work half-day.
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They just had a professional day and a 3 day weekend?  What the fuck. [/quote]

Yes and practically a 4 day weekend this weekend. This will be their 4th day off after only being in school 22 days. Those poor overworked teachers. [/quote]

My DH is an MCPS teacher. He leaves for school at 7 am. He works through lunch meeting with his students. He has meetings after school. Then, when he comes home - he grades more. Then after dinner - you know what he does? More grading and lesson planning. Over the weekend? More grading and lesson planning. He has 150 students. So spare me your sarcastic "overworked teachers" comment. [/quote]

He works 200 days max a year. He has 150+ days off.  So spare me your overworked teachers comment. [/quote]

You think he is just relaxing during weekends and holidays? Do you know how many times we are on car road trips where I drive an he is grading? Yes - he gets the summer off (which again - he spends some of it lesson planning for the upcoming year), but I think it is well deserved. Teachers are so under appreciated![/quote]

And do you get paid 70k a year like the average MCPS teacher, or are in BigLaw or something?

I work 50hrs a week AND work from home after I put my kids asleep. I also have zero vacation time or holidays off. I get Christmas, New Years, and Christmas. I usually go into my office on Saturday mornings to catch up. Most people these days do not work 8hrs a day. [/quote]

70K for 180 school days = 6 figure salary for people who work 52 weeks. [/quote]

Let's evaluate this. The average 52-work-week employee works 260 days (52 weeks * 5 days per week). This number includes paid holidays, paid time off, and sick leave.

MCPS teachers have 193 duty days (including professional days and 13 sick or personal days off), but also an additional 12 holidays. Since we counted holidays in work days for the 52-work-week employee, we should also here. Thus, there are 193 + 12 = 205 total days in the schedule.

70,000 / 205 = x / 260

70,000 * 260  = 205x

18200000 = 205x

x = 88780

Thus, the teacher who makes $70,000 per year has the equivalent pro-rated salary of $88,780.

If we instead take the approach of removing all paid days off, for the 52-work-week employee let's use a figure of 10 holidays and 10 paid days off. Thus, there are 260 - 20 = 240 expected work days per year. For the teacher, we could subtract the 12 holidays and 13 paid/sick days off to get 205 - 25 = 180. Let's redo the calculation with this method:

70,000 / 180 = x / 240

70000 * 240 = 180x

16800000  = 180x

x = 93,333

With this method, the teacher who makes $70,000 has the equivalent salary of somebody who makes $93,333.

Both of those numbers are below 6 figures. I think your hatred for teachers may be justified. Your math teacher certainly failed you.[/quote]

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