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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^And if I was a teacher, I would be really frustrated with my slacker colleagues. You can't blame parents for being angry when their children get the dud teachers.[/quote]

Ok, then.  Apparently, they are just quitting. Not just the bad ones, but lots of teachers.  I was at the pool yesterday for a swim lesson and the very nice aquatic director was explaining to a parent that he made a mistake because he didn’t know the system.  “I just started a couple of weeks ago because I retired from teaching.” The guy was MAYBE 50, but I would say late 40s.  Off they go, out the door. No blame, but leaving you with your anger and your child without a teacher.  They got out, just like you told them to.  Cool. [/quote]

Well, they aren't indentured servants. They are free to seek happiness in a new career. What exactly do you want people to say?

Eventually, the schools will have to raise pay to attract talent, just like any other industry.[/quote]

Nah, this is what the right and neo-libs want: total destruction of the public school system so we can funnel money into religious private and charter schools that pay (and teach) nothing. [/quote]

I'll tell you what I want:  enough insecurity on the part of public school systems like FCPS about the possibility that they may be defunded, with money instead put directly in the hands of parents to spend on alternatives, that they get their act together and focus on the things that matter the most to most parents:  academics; teacher recruitment, pay, and retention; and facilities.  Maybe if they did that folks would consider them sound stewards of public resources again.

I don't know if that makes me right, neo-liberal, moderate, or a traditional Democrat (the last of which I thought of myself for many years).  I do know I'm tired of virtue-signaling clowns who don't pay enough attention to what Brabrand, before he got co-opted, used to call the "main thing."[/quote]

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