The public schools around here are having a serious staffing crisis because wages, which were already low and stagnant for years, didn't go up as wage inflation

The public schools around here are having a serious staffing crisis because wages, which were already low and stagnant for years, didn't go up as wage inflation hit the rest of the economy, and teachers are sick of the whole thing and burnt out, so are leaving. There's a big "leave for literally anywhere else—you'll be better-paid, less stressed, and more-respected" movement among teachers right now, because all that's more-or-less true.