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re: Livingston Parish 1% tax for teacher raises fails to pass
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:01 pm to TrouserTrout
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:01 pm to TrouserTrout
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They just got a raise in 2021. A starting teacher there makes 45K. That’s pretty good for 6 months of work a year and 7.5 hour days.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted here. I guess they do put in 8 hours a day.
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Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:02 pm to Cosmo
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Eh, people move because of demographics more than “school scores” imo
Exactly. You could take the entire student body of Mandeville and Belaire in BR and flip them and the scores would flip A to F right along with it.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:02 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:Ultimately the PARENTS determine the quality of the school.
Ultimately the students determine the quality of the school.
FWIW, this proposed tax increase was about as poorly-timed as it could possibly have been. Middle and lower class families are seeing their paycheck cover less and less with rising prices and an ongoing recession. Even folks who would have otherwise supported the principle of more funding to keep and enhance an overall good educational system in LP could not get past this ballot initiative which would put a new sales tax in place for the foreseeable future--with sales tax rates going well over 10% for the first time ever here.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:07 pm to Gee Grenouille
quote:I’m not sure either. Even at an 8 hour day that’s still $43 an hour. Pretty good living if you ask me.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted here. I guess they do put in 8 hours a day
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:11 pm to TrouserTrout
So did all neighboring districts. Which makes recruiting and retaining quality instruction increasingly difficult.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:12 pm to FCP
I do agree timing was not great
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:15 pm to toosleaux
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Maybe the Sheriff's office can quit buying $40,000 Tahoes
Amen. Ouachita Parish is rife with them as well. And they trick em out to look aggressive as frick which to me is the opposite of the attitude we want emanating from our law enforcement. They’re supposed to serve and protect but the feeling you get is they’re at war with us.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:16 pm to FCP
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would put a new sales tax in place for the foreseeable future
More like forever. Taxes like this are almost never repealed or reduced.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:16 pm to PaintCompany
Let them go to BR or Hammond... they'll be back soon enough. A bump in pay isn't worth dealing with students who will fight you in class.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:17 pm to toosleaux
If you proposed a 1% tax to help a select business they'd probably pass it though.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:17 pm to TrouserTrout
quote:do you really believe this?
That’s pretty good for 6 months of work a year and 7.5 hour days.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:18 pm to terd ferguson
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Let them go to Central or Ascension
FIFY
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:19 pm to TrouserTrout
If you believe that, I feel sorry for you
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:20 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:It’s simple math. Add up the summer months along with all the holidays they get. It’s comes to around 6 months.
do you really believe this?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:20 pm to toosleaux
If they getting police equipped Tahoe for 36K, whoever negotiated that deserves a raise.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:20 pm to fallguy_1978
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Exactly. You could take the entire student body of Mandeville and Belaire in BR and flip them and the scores would flip A to F right along with it.
This is factually true but it doesn't mean that we can't take pride on our communities and pay teachers well.
I'm not saying we have to. I'm saying the philosophy behind it isn't being done justice by reducing it to what is necessary and what isn't.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:23 pm to toosleaux
Government spends our tax money on stupid shite, then claim that we need higher taxes for teachers, police and firefighters. The truth is they already have the tax revenue to give those groups adequate pay.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:23 pm to TrouserTrout
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It’s simple math. Add up the summer months along with all the holidays they get. It’s comes to around 6 months.
not really Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:24 pm to BeepNode
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This is factually true but it doesn't mean that we can't take pride on our communities and pay teachers well.
Well, if GRT's post is accurate than we pay 50% more for EBR students than LP. What is the right amount? Because there doesn't seem to be a positive correlation between funding and results.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 10:28 pm to fallguy_1978
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Well, if GRT's post is accurate than we pay 50% more for EBR students than LP.
Do I need to provide links? It’s easily google-able.
When I started at EBR library -the starting pay for a librarian (masters degree required) was $36,000 - to be a librarian in EBR public schools (no masters degree required - just a certificate - which I have, too) starting pay was $47,000
I went to the public library
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