[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[wa2egp at att.net]

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From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>
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> >From: wa2egp at att.net
> >Date: 2007/04/15 Sun PM 12:38:51 CDT
> >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore
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> ><snip>
> >
> >> In my town, the average teacher salary is about $62,000/year, PLUS benefits 
> >> (including no employee health insurance contribution) - I think that is a 
> >> fair day's pay, and their crys of being underpaid are ignored by me.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >> He heads off for an MCSE certificate and the promise of secure career making 
> >> $60K+/year! (just like they said on the radio last night ;^)
> >> 
> >> Lionel
> >
> >Average salary of $62K after, what?, 10-15 years.  Other guy starts at $60K.
> 
> District average - budget divided by head count - $62K

If it's a district like mine where 80% are at the top, it skews 
the average when you compare to another job where few get to the top.
Be careful using averages.
 
> 
> >And you think teachers do get paid enough?  Hoo boy!  Obviously, teachers
> >did not do their job in the math skills department. :)
> 
> I think they do, yes. Teachers don't start at $62K, but most end higher when 
> they retire from our distict.

I started at $13K.  My wife started at a major company two years later at $25K.
Same education.  This is my 27th year.  Only a few years ago did my pay 
exceed hers due to a balloning in the last two years before top scale.  BTW,
before I taught at my present job, I left a factory where I got $16K.

Bob