Obviously, the people who just want to avoid paying taxes will focus on the latter and those of us who see the big picture will focus on the former. Treating teachers like the hired help who can be paid as little as possible, because some other 22-year-old education majorj will always be standing in the shadows ready to take their place, really isn't going to serve our kids the best in the long run.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS teachers are over-paid and under worked. The vast majority phone it in every day. They refuse to teacher our children and nor are they willing to meet with parents who are searching for answers.

Hopefully Superintentant Garza will use the $100 million budget shortfall as an opportunity to weed out many of the lazy and retailliatory teachers currently collecting pay checks from FCPS.

Anonymous wrote:OK teachers who may be on this forum. I appreciate you! I am a parent of 3 in FCPS. I do not agree with the unjustified bashing of you. I appreciate and know how much you give to our children. I think you deserve the large raise before BOS and School Board. --I will take this moment to educate the teacher bashers, who constantly show their ignorance, the BOS and School Board are part time jobs not the teachers.-- I know how much the majority of our teachers work. I realize much of the money you earn goes to supplies for your classrooms so that our kids can have what they need. I have seen you give your lunch or your money to children who need it because their slack ass parents don't give a damn. Teacher bashers move! Go overcrowd another school district and leave us alone! You are not welcome here! I will no longer keep my mouth shut as you trash our teachers. They don't deserve it and you don't deserve to be listened to. Teachers I will support you, do support you and will always support you. You are with my children more waking hours than I. I do set the bar high and I do believe in it takes a village to raise good kids. I will treat you with respect and dignity when problems arise and I do expect the same from you. Thank you teachers!

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FCPS teachers are over-paid and under worked. The vast majority phone it in every day. They refuse to teacher our children and nor are they willing to meet with parents who are searching for answers.

Hopefully Superintentant Garza will use the $100 million budget shortfall as an opportunity to weed out many of the lazy and retailliatory teachers currently collecting pay checks from FCPS.

If you even spent 2 minutes in a classroom, you would know that this is impossible to do.

FCPS teachers are over-paid and under worked. The vast majority phone it in every day. They refuse to teacher our children and nor are they willing to meet with parents who are searching for answers.

Hopefully Superintentant Garza will use the $100 million budget shortfall as an opportunity to weed out many of the lazy and retailliatory teachers currently collecting pay checks from FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the pp who had been an attorney and then became an elementary school teacher. There is no way that I could have made this move had I not saved a lot of money and invested wisely. I could never have afforded to live in the FCPS area where I do on my teacher's salary of $58,000 a year before deductions. The only reward from being an attorney was $ but as a teacher I connected with my kids and was so proud to see them grow as people and as learners. Good teachers should be paid at least double what they currently earn. They are inspiring the next generation. First year attorneys at major law firms who do nothing to help society earn at least $150k a year. First year teachers who foster a love of learning and create great citizens earn $47k in fcps. Society has messed up priorities.

$150,000 out of law school is ridiculous. No wonder people hate lawyers. That can't possibly be a typical salary. Engineers and social workers are still making $50,000 or less out of school.

If they go to BigLaw it is, but those jobs are are not as plentiful as they once where, when pp probably graduated from law school (maybe?). Social workers will likely make less than that for their entire careers is my guess. And engineers probably need to be a good 10-15 years into their careers as well. Yep, messed priorities indeed. Teachers, police, firefighters, should all be able to afford to live in the communities they serve. those who pass budgets, however, tend to disagree. I was shocked to learn how little teachers made in this area compared to where I grew up. Teachers there make around 90 at 10 years plus masters and hit 100 at 30 years.

$100,000 for 10 years plus retirement is definitely a lot. Where is that? NY or NJ where the taxes are so high they can't keep businesses and retirees staying in their towns?