Moon gave a multimillion dollar amount as the cost for a 5% raise for the highly paid non union employees. It could have easily covered special ed chairs, aarts, classroom monitors and more. You would think teachers would want those things but the union seem to have sided with raises for highly paid central office employees instead of things that would have helped them at the school level.

Anonymous wrote:Do all teachers receive the 6 percent increase or just those that belong to the union / pay union dues? "The budget addresses staff compensation including a 6% increase for employees represented by Fairfax Education Unions (FEU). Non-FEU represented employees and hourly pay band employees will receive a 5% increase."

All teachers receive the raise. They don’t have belong to FEA or FCFT. FEU is the bargaining unit for all, regardless of their membership status.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s worse is they increased salaries for non teachers by 5%. Central office highly paid staff get 5% more! But teacher positions are cut and school support like classroom monitors. Their priorities are so out of whack.

You know FCPS ranks 6th out of 8 for teacher pay among local jurisdictions, right? And like 1.1% of FCPS employees are central office-- whose work includes minor matters like making sure paychecks are issued, job applications are processed in a timely manner, the massive fleet of busses that rivals Greyhound in size is operational, that the accomplishments of kids and teachers are highlighted, documented and recognized, and IT is up and running at 200 different schools for 183k kids.

Tell your company they should 86 the finance team, their HR or IT department and see how it goes...

No private companies are handing out 5% raises to HR and other admin employees. Plus central office is also full of highly paid specialists, special program managers, chiefs, and more useless positions. Many of which are filled with failed principals. These people already make a lot of money and do not deserve a 5% raises.

Also, teacher pay isn’t 5 out of 8. It depends on the level of teacher and that ranking didn’t account for the total compensation package. Just salary. But I am fine giving teachers and others who work with students a 6% (or more raise). It’s the others (new school board staffers, for example) who don’t deserve a 5% raise. Certainly not at the expense of the school staff.

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Anonymous wrote:Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

You read the room next year when you are b@tching about your kids teacher while they dealing with way less planning and a larger classroom full of needs.

How many years have feds gone without step increases? Teachers do every couple years. (Both this yr and last yr for starters). And what were fed raises during the Biden admin?

Anonymous wrote:What’s worse is they increased salaries for non teachers by 5%. Central office highly paid staff get 5% more! But teacher positions are cut and school support like classroom monitors. Their priorities are so out of whack.

You know FCPS ranks 6th out of 8 for teacher pay among local jurisdictions, right? And like 1.1% of FCPS employees are central office-- whose work includes minor matters like making sure paychecks are issued, job applications are processed in a timely manner, the massive fleet of busses that rivals Greyhound in size is operational, that the accomplishments of kids and teachers are highlighted, documented and recognized, and IT is up and running at 200 different schools for 183k kids.

Tell your company they should 86 the finance team, their HR or IT department and see how it goes...

Do all teachers receive the 6 percent increase or just those that belong to the union / pay union dues? "The budget addresses staff compensation including a 6% increase for employees represented by Fairfax Education Unions (FEU). Non-FEU represented employees and hourly pay band employees will receive a 5% increase."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

Teachers still need raises.

absolutely. the feds just want to work from home. while teachers, they must go to the actual school every single day.

This is not true of most feds You're probably a MAGA trying to defend DOGE.

Anonymous wrote:Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

You read the room next year when you are b@tching about your kids teacher while they dealing with way less planning and a larger classroom full of needs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

Teachers still need raises.

absolutely. the feds just want to work from home. while teachers, they must go to the actual school every single day.

Anonymous wrote:Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

that's ok. they don't do the hard work day in, day out like teachers do.

Anonymous wrote:Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

Teachers still need raises.

Should read the room. The feds who survived are looking at 0% raise next year.

1st- we had the collected bargaining issue and it was clear that getting to 7% wasn’t going to happen. Also she was trying cut in half AART and sped chair positions which is a huge blow to students too.

All of this combined means she’s absorbing open classrooms and increasing class sizes.

What’s worse is they increased salaries for non teachers by 5%. Central office highly paid staff get 5% more! But teacher positions are cut and school support like classroom monitors. Their priorities are so out of whack.

What? A 6% salary increase is astronomical. I was lucky to get 1.5% at my PhD level position. And because of this they have to increase class sizes? None of this is in the best interests of the students. I’m so tired of FCPS.