Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the post union member. No MCPS pays its teachers far, far more than Fairfax and for all the reasons listed on the other thread, the taxpayers/parents have had enough in this time of economic insecurity.

Nice try.

You don't speak for me, an MCPS taxpayer and parent. Are you an MCPS parent, yourself?

Plus, you need to unbunch your panties about unions. I'm not a teacher and definitely not part of that union.

It's really cutting their nose off to spite their face. Both the CE and the Council will treat the Maintenance of Effort funding mandate as a ceiling and not a floor. For years to come, I'm sure.

Thanks for the post union member. No MCPS pays its teachers far, far more than Fairfax and for all the reasons listed on the other thread, the taxpayers/parents have had enough in this time of economic insecurity.

Nice try.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/some-school-boards-choosing-to-raise-salaries-before-tackling-class-size/2012/06/03/gJQA8VetBV_story_1.html

Fairfax County School Board member Kathy L. Smith (Sully) said she voted against the budget because she wanted to dedicate more funding to salaries. “Our teachers are working harder and harder every year,” she said.

So MCPS is not the only one to support its teachers.