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Whatever they pay teachers, it isn't close to enough. The amount of trouble they have to deal with is insane. In addition they are probably one of the more impo
by foxyv 6y ago
Whatever they pay teachers, it isn't close to enough. The amount of trouble they have to deal with is insane. In addition they are probably one of the more important jobs in the United States. Their working days are usually 12 hours long and those are FULL work hours. They rarely get a break longer than 15 minutes.
The amount of stress teachers undergo is another thing again. They are under constant close scrutiny from administrators and have to deal with witnessing abused, neglected, and starving children come through their classroom. They have mentally ill, nearly blind, deaf, sick, and exhausted children with no hope of health care. They are designated reporters for CPS and spend time reporting these issues and seeing nothing of substance come of it. They are often named in lawsuits against the school as well.
Unless you teach in an affluent area, teachers are first hand witnesses to the abject poverty and evil underbelly of our country and how it affects children. They are constant targets of legislators and districts with almost no autonomy and often blamed for things completely out of their control.
- jart 6y agoSchool board members only get paid a couple thousand dollars per year, and they're the elected officials who serve that role in order to represent the interests of the public. Teachers get paid so much more than them. In California it costs more to send kids to public school than it would to send them to private school, because of how much teachers unions get paid.
- foxyv 6y agoVery true! Most school boards seem to be just retired people that ran for that position and barely get paid. You can see some of these pay levels in California. It seems that School Administrators/Superintendents/Principals make the most money in these districts. As much as a quarter million. https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=school-districts%2Friverside%2Fjurupa-unified&q=Board+Member&y=2019 https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=school-... https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=school-districts%2Friverside%2Fjurupa-unified&q=Superintendent&y=2019 https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=school-...