What kids are worth more?

The answer is, if your kid goes to a struggling elementary school as opposed to a struggling high school, then your kid is not worth as much.

I have to tell you I think out of the three levels, elementary, middle and high school, elementary school teachers have it the roughest. They are with the same kids most of the day, every day. I get a break from some kids and I need a break from some kids. Then their planning time is significantly less than those that teach at the higher levels and get this, I may have to do two or three lesson plans, to cover my related subjects but they have to cover all the subjects and I am told more and more schools are requiring lesson plans for recess too. Now there is some switching in the higher elementary grades which I imagine helps a lot, but not as much in the lower grades. So what does the district do in all its infinite wisdom? They decide to heap one-more indignation on them.

Teachers in struggling high schools were offered a five thousand dollar bonus a year for two years if they agreed to stay, well elementary school teachers in the same situation (poor performing schools) have just been offered two thousand dollars a year for two years if they agreed to stay as well. That is Less than half what their counterparts in high school are getting.

By the way this isn’t money being offered to the highest performing teachers in the district to go to the low performing schools, something the district screams over and over that it wants to do. This is money being offered to the teachers at the lowest performing schools in the district to stay at the lowest performing schools in the district. Yes friends up just became down, black just became white and there are people jumping on the furniture.

Teachers do appreciate the money and every little bit helps, it just helps more if you a high school teacher. In the end parents your kid is worth more if they are in high school, less if they are not.