Mr. Davis’s first of many errors is he thinks teachers work 9 months. Teachers work 10 months (196 days) 7.75 hours, at least that’s all the time they are paid. I’m sure he didn’t go home and work until bedtime and get up early to go make copies and prepare for the day. Teachers work 24 hours unpaid time each week. 24x36 = 864 free labor hours. I easily would work 3 hours free time per day (M-F) and 8 hours on the weekends. Summer vacation: 7.75 x5 =38.75x10=387.5 hours off. 864-387.5=476.5 of new free labor. Minimum dollars owned to teachers at $47,500 would be 31.270573x476.5=$14,900.428 underpaid. $47500+$14,800.428=$62,300.43 that’s what teachers are working, Chad. Polk takes advantage of its teachers and then poops all over them. I taught in Polk 2003-2022. Unfortunately I have bills to pay $55,000 (2016: summer school and after school tutoring) was $51,576 in 2022 so I resigned. Palm Beach referendum adds $10,000 to each person’s salary and in addition they pay for Double Masters. Rent here is $1650 for a 1bd-1ba. Same was Davenport. Pay is so low that it’s not even worth trying. $47,500 is what 19 year olds make with a GED. $60,000 is the starting salary of someone with a bachelor’s degree. You have to account for the after school and weekend labor. It’s still underpaid but teachers have always had historically a 6% teacher penalty. It’s now 33% wage gap.
Mr. Davis’s first of many errors is he thinks teachers work 9 months. Teachers work 10 months (196 days) 7.75 hours, at least that’s all the time they are paid. I’m sure he didn’t go home and work until bedtime and get up early to go make copies and prepare for the day. Teachers work 24 hours unpaid time each week. 24x36 = 864 free labor hours. I easily would work 3 hours free time per day (M-F) and 8 hours on the weekends. Summer vacation: 7.75 x5 =38.75x10=387.5 hours off. 864-387.5=476.5 of new free labor. Minimum dollars owned to teachers at $47,500 would be 31.270573x476.5=$14,900.428 underpaid. $47500+$14,800.428=$62,300.43 that’s what teachers are working, Chad. Polk takes advantage of its teachers and then poops all over them. I taught in Polk 2003-2022. Unfortunately I have bills to pay $55,000 (2016: summer school and after school tutoring) was $51,576 in 2022 so I resigned. Palm Beach referendum adds $10,000 to each person’s salary and in addition they pay for Double Masters. Rent here is $1650 for a 1bd-1ba. Same was Davenport. Pay is so low that it’s not even worth trying. $47,500 is what 19 year olds make with a GED. $60,000 is the starting salary of someone with a bachelor’s degree. You have to account for the after school and weekend labor. It’s still underpaid but teachers have always had historically a 6% teacher penalty. It’s now 33% wage gap.