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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've noticed a lot of these threads that start out with a legitimate political or policy question about education and dissolve into people comparing the job of a teacher to other jobs.  I think these are silly debates as there is no way to really compare jobs.  Many, many jobs are important and involve a lot of work, including teachers.  No one really thinks teachers are worthless.

The question that started this post was about whether MCPS should give teachers a raise at this time.  Some people, including me, do not agree with this raise.  This is because most taxpayers and voters have not been getting raises.  Also, MCPS teachers are the highest paid teachers in the area and among the highest paid teachers in the nation.  Because of this, I think this raise is a mistake.  This doesn't mean I don't like teachers, since we, as a county, already pay them well relative to their peers in other areas.

One thing I have noticed from past teacher posts, is that they always seem to try to pull the debate away from the original question.   There is a nastiness and edge that makes me think these posts are organized and come from the union, but who knows for sure. It really doesn't matter, though.

The question for the rest of us is whether the county should vote for non-apple ballot school board candidates in order to have someone at the negotiating table that has a different perspective than the union/teachers.  I hope we can do it, but I am not sure.  If we can't, we will continue to give teachers raises since the union will be negotiating with itself.   It's that simple.[/quote]

Well said!  I completely agree.  We need new school board candidates and change in MCPS.   Enough is enough.[/quote]

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