THIS IS NOT ON TEACHERS.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Great Post

Let me amplify her point with a minor personal anecdote.
Many here know I substitute science & math classes since I retired.
Of the 10 districts I'm in, I work the most in a district that, last term, pays $90 a day. Under $13 per hour.
I work in another district that pays the same. There are 800 people in the whole town, & 90% of the houses are 50s & 60s slab ranch homes. Median home value is $140,000.
The first district?
One of the junior highs is 4 blocks west of a development where the median home value is $504,000.
The other building is 3 blocks west of a development where the median is $390,000.
For the whole town, the median is $320,000
The smaller district, I get. The tax base is small.
The bigger one? Town is 13 times bigger with houses 2.2 more valuable.
They can't find the resources to pay more than $12.85 an hour for subs?
No wonder someone like me, who has been doing this for 10 minutes & who isn't doing this for $ gets called nearly every day.
People who need the money are running to districts that pay better. Where the resources are prioritized.