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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax Underground has FCPS salaries listed.
Quite a few make 75k+. How is this a bad salary? They teach 3 periods and have a planning period (many teacher friends leave early or go in late - many principals allow such) 180 days a year? I know IT project managers who make the same (with 8 years experience) and work 9-630 with only 2 weeks vacation . I think Ryan and the others in Richmond need to stop acting so entitled. If you don’t want to teach, please quit. I’ll gladly take the career switcher program and take your job. And teachers don’t have shutdowns, yearly RIFs, and staying late as part of the culture. [/quote]

Nonsensical.

The starting salaries are in the 50-58 range in Alexandria and Arlington.  It takes years, normally a decade or more, to get to the mid 70s. The employee benefits have become high/cost and the pension is fully contributory.  The actual work day during the school years is easily 9 hours a day.  I know hundreds of teachers and I know not one who has a regular course schedule of nothing more than three (3) classes per day.  The actual teacher workday year is more than 180 and actually over 190 in every NoVa locality.  OP, your post is untrue.

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I really don't think $50-58K is a bad starting salary.  And yes, everyone knows how much time teachers put in outside of class and their school day - we hear it all the time.  But the fact remains, they still get a lot of benefits like frequent days off, spring break, long summer break, and a schedule that generally matches their kids' school schedules so they can be home more easily when their kids are home,[b] plus maternity leave for the women[/b], plus sick leave.

The primary issue in Richmond isn't the starting salaries in northern virginia.  Take a look at the rest of the state.[/quote]

Maternity leave?? My husband gets more parental leave than I do and I'm the one doing all the work!!! We qualify for FMLA- which is unpaid![/quote]

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