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[quote=Anonymous]Money is a huge problem.

College has gone up 9% a year on average over the last few decades so new teachers have much bigger loans.  Canceling them is a pain in the ass no what what you hear.  Lots of requirements that were so unrealistic that less than 2% of teachers were able to cancel loans until Biden finally wiped loans out partially.

Salaries have not kept up with inflation.  Any pay raise is often canceled out by an increase in the copays for benefits.  I left FCPS, MD to MCPS after dealing with this for five years straight. They take out more for the pension now as well in MD, so that is a couple thousand a year (5% vs 7%) with a cut in the pension at retirement as well.

In MCPS the salary has gone up 23% in the last two decades but inflation has gone up over 40%.  So,  that is a huge drop in buying power/pay.

Housing and gas have gone up.  The air  B and B took away a lot of the rental market driving rentals up.

College graduates cannot afford to teach.

Behavior problems along with these incredibly difficult salary issues makes college graduates unable to become teachers economically.

In the past it was expected for mostly female staff to to be married to a higher paid spouse,  that is a less likely scenario now.[/quote]

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