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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So did anything else happen in this school board meeting?[/quote]

Yes—they moved an action item up to a motion item. (Bus driver pay.) For the first time (ever?), TDK said something I finally agreed with having to do with (paraphrasing) the absurdity that bus drivers are getting paid more than many special ed staff. In the end she voted for the motion, but there has got to be other solutions out there. Bus drivers making $22.91-36/hour, while the direct staff make a fraction of that. No one had numbers or knew anything (Platenburg/HR guy), so consider this was just my take on it. [/quote]

A first year teacher gets paid $35.05 per hour (based on the contract - $51,000 for 194 days). I know teachers are not paid well enough and work beyond contract hours as well. However, based on what you wrote, the most senior bus driver makes $36.00 per hour. However, the FCPS website (https://www.fcps.edu/careers/career-opportunities/bus-driver-employment-opportunities) states the top pay is $31.00 per hour (not sure how that changed with the raise voted on last night). I imagine any bus driver making $31 an hour has worked well over 20 years and even with the raise, I doubt the pay went up more than $4.00 per hour. Without making a judgment on the pay overall, it seems the most senior bus driver making close but not as much as a brand new teacher is not unfair to a teacher.

SpEd teachers and bus drivers are both critical needs (and there are others) for sure. SpEd teachers get the same pay as GenEd teachers. I do not know if they are giving bonuses for teachers hired in critical needs areas (SpEd, math, science, others). And I do not know the solution to getting more people to accept these jobs, but it seems the relationship of teacher pay to bus driver pay is not unfair. A 55 year old bus driver with 30 years of experience might well actually feel they should be paid on par with at least a first year teacher.  [/quote]

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