re: LA Legislature to address Teacher Shortage using Retirees earning 50%.

Some people claim to understand the entire issue but are missing points.

Teachers are paid for 180 days of instruction exactly as one reply said. 2 personal days and 8 sick days (needed when exposed to kids blowing their noses on you all the time). They are paid $0 for a minute of overtime. Parent/teacher conferences, school plays, collecting tickets at a game - nothing. They are not paid for any hours setting up a classroom before the year begins or clearing a room after a year ends.

30 years gets you 75%. It takes 40 years for 100%. There is no 401k. That being said IF you can make it the retirement benefit is good.

The post that said it’s outside the teaching part is correct. It’s not the kids. It’s admin and other stuff. Nothing says challenge like being chased down a hall by a parent in a bathrobe because they don’t think Billy should have been put out of class for throwing a book at you or little Tommy.

All that being said teachers that do the job for the right reasons struggle. Just like any profession there are good ones caught trying to do a good job. They are shunned by their less intelligent but more woke coworkers, never fit in and usually have admin pushing and threatening them to toe the line and teach what they don’t believe belongs in the classroom. The ones you want there leave early because doing the job RIGHT is a daily mountain climb. The ones you don’t want - it’s not a problem for them.