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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montgomery is only 5k more. Whatever. Teachers make a darn good salary when one considers their hours and days of work. Actual work. The teacher workdays are a joke. [/quote]

Parent here. And Arlington is 25% more. It always amazes me that as a culture we justify paying CEOs millions of dollars regardless of what boneheaded decisions they make, and find ways to demean the people in charge of giving our kids an education.
Whatever. You get what you pay for, folks. I'm glad my kids won't be in FCPS for much longer.[/quote]

Arlington can afford to pay its teachers more than Fairfax because it has fewer students per tax paying adult.  Arlington has less than 10% of its population enrolled in public schools.  Fairfax has over 16% of its population in public schools. That is why Arlington's property tax rate is always LOWER than Fairfax's and their per pupil school budget is always higher.  I have lived in the area for over 20 years and Arlington, DC and Alexandria have always paid significantly more to teachers.  The OP left off Loudoun, Stafford and Prince William Counties- which are always lower than Fairfax.

I do think that Fairfax needs to pay its teachers more, the School Board is certainly for it, the BOS is always reluctant to increase taxes- yet they have shifted an increasingly larger % of their budget to the schools significantly over the past 20 years and cannot anymore.   There used to ban almost 50/50 split between the schools and everything else in Fairfax county.  EVERYTHING else in the county budget has taken larger hits over the years so the the schools can squeak by. For example the libraries suffered a 40% slash.  40%.   The State will never change the current formula that it gives schools- a super majority in the House and Senate benefit from the formula.  SO, Fairfax will continue to pay thousands for each public school students outside of its boundaries.   The Federal contribution to FCPS is minimal.

I think the gap will continue to get worse and the schools will suffer and then, only then, will people stop moving to FCPS for the schools and we will have a more balanced % of public school students as compared to the adult tax paying population.  IMO it is the high % of students first and the state taxation and dispersal formula second that makes it nearly impossible for Fairfax to pay its teachers salaries closer to the WDC area schools.

[/quote]Arlington County also implements an additional food tax which goes towards funding teachers salaries.[/quote]

Food tax receipts are not going to be enough to overcome the other issues.  They would be minimal. [/quote]

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