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I wouldn't classify MCPS teachers as being underpaid. [b]Teachers can easily make 6 figures for working 180 days per year[/b] not to mention a generous pension the likes of which nobody in the private sector gets.[/quote]

I never understand why people believe that teachers work 180 days a year. And I am not a teacher.

Here is the current teacher salary schedule: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/ersc/employees/pay/schedules/FY19%20MCEA%20Salary%20Schedules.pdf

A new teacher coming in with a bachelor's degree makes $49,013. The top salary, for a teacher at step 25 with a master's degree or equivalent plus 60 credit hours, is $109,449.

It's better pay than Oklahoma, West Virginia, or Arizona, certainly. But nobody is getting rich in Montgomery County by being a teacher.

Also, as always, it raises the question: [b]if being a teacher is so well-paid, for so little work, with such a great pension (that you can't get in the private sector) -- why haven't you switched fields to become a teacher?[/b][/quote]

Many years ago I did exactly that.  It was great having summers off in addition to all the other holidays. In total, you get around 15 weeks off each year. This blows away the private sector, and don't get me started on the pension! I've been living off mine for the past 25 years and hope to be around for another 25. Overall it's a great field to be in if you work in a rich county like MCPS.
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Then why is MCPS failing the kids? And the sex abuse???[/quote]

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