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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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My SIL is a 4th grade teacher in a Long Island, NY school district. She's been at her job for about 20 years, is in her mid 40s and makes a salary of $125K/year (plus benefits). That's more than I make as an engineer with the same experience. I sometimes wonder if I made the right choice.

My parents live on LI. Their taxes for the same price house as ours is 3X. No thanks.

Nobody is saying a teacher here with 20 years should make $125k. It's about getting the middle scale salaries more in line with surrounding districts and that's still a far cry from 6 figures,[/quote]

This.  I am in my 27th year of teaching in FCPS.  I am not even on the longevity part of the pay scale and at this rate will never get up to one of those steps.  There were many years when steps were not given.  Teachers have been put last when money is tight and new teachers know that is how Fairfax County works.  I will definitely never make 6 figures before I retire (not even close).  I checked my retirement estimate and it will be less than 50 percent of what I make so it is doubtful that I can continue to live in Fairfax County in retirement.  The place I have given so much to will no longer be my home.  And maybe that's okay, but it does say something about how teachers are valued in this community.

And to those who say that Fairfax has "great programs", yes, I agree.  But how great can a program be if there is not a great teacher to run it?  Or if there is no continuity to keep the program going?  Programs are built by people who stay to build them.   [/quote]

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