Teachers in OCPS are not happy with compensation based on bonuses rather than salary increase.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-teachers-union-orange-bargaining-session-20190926-i32udrtl55c2tbskh4jb7dwt5m-story.html%3foutputType=amp

This shoots a hole in the claim that teacher wages, and those of so many others, can be lower due to the low cost of living. NOT!! If you’re thinking of trying to move here due to low cost, think again.

http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/mobile-app-news-feed/study-florida-is-one-of-the-least-affordable-states-in-the-country

How in the world do they eat? I guess when the state ranks 46th in teacher pay this is a result. Affordable housing for teachers is awful all over FL. It really doesn’t pay to teach here.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/report-miami-among-the-worst-cities-in-the-country-for-teachers-11254225

There’s a reason why teachers in Orange, Co Florida rejected the District’s “pay raise”. It’s not affordable for teachers to work and live in Central Florida! Don’t even think about coming here to teach. In fact, one might want to reconsider teaching altogether at the current rate of pay!


https://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/08/27/orlando-area-teachers-are-being-gouged-on-rent

Considering Florida currently ranks near the bottom nationally in public school spending and Orlando rental prices are increasingly getting worse, it really should come as no surprise that a new study found that local teachers can barely afford to live here.

According to a report released today from real estate site Zillow, starting teachers in the Orlando area are spending 50.4% of their income on rent, compared with 42.4% for mid-level teachers and 37.3% for the highest-paid veteran teachers.

This will be interesting.

We need Moms Demand Action or another organization to put another march together that’s twice as big. We need a massive voter registration to get the NRA sycophants out of office!

And they wonder why no one wants to teach. The few who do want to go into teaching need their head examined.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-orange-teachers-upset-raise-insurance-20190624-6obtnnyuzfc7vpqpkxi3iq5er4-story.html%3foutputType=amp

Here’s the go fund me link.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bring-baby-trump-to-orlando

Basically, in the view of the CTA, any salary increase will be offset by inflation and increases in health insurance.

This is why no one wants to teach.

http://orangecta.fea.aft.org/bargaining-update-4?fbclid=IwAR3VJRSaLjIj_7lIcJdMFESE8HyQkzLYmcPMpEanquFy7O3bMX4CexcTu08

Once again, it’s simply unaffordable to teach! Do not do it!!

There are conservatives who literally say they must keep teaching salaries low so that unions, who draw from salaries, can’t make money either!

This is infuriating! Stay away from education as a career!!!


Don’t do it. That’s what some teachers are ready to tell students looking to become educators.

WINK News sat down with a panel of five teachers who want to tell the public why they think we have a teacher shortage.

Last year, the School District of Lee County lost 24.9 percent of its teachers according to their website. Charlotte County says they lost 18.71 percent and Collier County 10.71 percent.

http://www.winknews.com/2019/05/16/teachers-leaving-swfl-educators-warn-shortages-will-only-get-worse/