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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone whose nieces and nephews in Ashburn are on their third year of having a long term sub because LCPS couldn't fill a position...well, idiot, of course they do quit. That is why there is a critical shortage of teachers in this country.

What I find confounding is that for all of let the market drive things...teacher wages seem to be the one thing that is uncoupled from that concept.

The other fun thing -- as a LEO -- I get my salary and overtime. But I work in a profession that is primarily male. There is an inherent sexism in education that people refuse to actually address. My DH is a DCPS teacher and his day is way, way more dangerous than mine. [/quote]

My neighbor's son in 3rd grade has a long term sub this year after having one all of last year in 2nd grade.  It really blew my mind!  Same letter was received this year... hopeful that a permanent teacher will be found... blah, blah, blah... Ms. ____ is an excellent teacher blah blah blah.

My other neighbor is a teacher at a school in Sterling and she told me that the librarian had to cover a classroom one day because no sub could be found.    [/quote]

This. If we want to make teaching attractive, they have to pay more. Honestly, if they adopted the overtime system that we have as law enforcement officers, it would probably make the job worth it for way, way more people fwiw.[/quote]

What overtime system are you referring to? The one where LEO’s working on a holiday get OT (as in those holidays when teachers are not working because school is closed)

Or the kind of  overtime where a LEO picks up an extra shift and gets OT?  :?:

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LEO here. We stick to our scheduled hours. If we go over our hours due to work (for example stuck at a scene of an incident) we get time and half. This happens so much that I usually make an additional 50-75K a year on top of my normal salary (which is still a bit higher than my DH's who is a DCPS teacher). If I am asked to do anything outside of contract hours, I get time and half as well.

I also have a much, much more generous pension and I can retire 10 years before DH and be eligible to take advantage of it.

DH is expected to put in time beyond his contract hours to keep his job. He likes teaching, but it's definitely not a fair situation. I remain convinced it's because I work in a field with mostly men who wouldn't put up with this sort of treatment and he's in a field full of women. Pure sexism. You don't see threads about cutting pay for LEOs. There's a reason, people.[/quote]

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