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Re: ruh-roh... info about kids in CO please
Posted by Ali on 1/14/07

    Gentlemen,

    Thank you for your responses. Rest assured, I have done my
    research. Some districts are better than others, but it looks like
    anywhere from $500 to $1100 per month for me to get bennies.

    The difference in pay for me is about $23,000.

    Here are the balancing issues, which I would appreciate your input
    on as well.

    Here, I make $70,000. But, my husband and I can't afford a house
    in which to raise our kids. And, if we could afford a house, we'd
    both have to work full-time, which totally negates the whole point
    of having kids in the first place. In Colorado, we could easily
    afford a home, afford to go skiing every weekend, and afford to
    travel extensively in the summers.

    Secondly, I'm tired of teaching all these kids who don't give a
    rat's patootie about their education. I teach in a large suburban
    district. Class sizes here are 35+. Do you know how much work that
    is for a teacher who actually gives a damn? (I'm sick for the
    FOURTH time this year, probably largely due to my 60+ hour weeks
    and 5-6 hours of sleep every night.)

    In my freshman classes, which are, thank god, capped at 20-1, over
    1/3 of my students are failing. The class average? 67%.

    How 'bout them apples, guys? How do the kids in CO compare to my
    little apathetic angels in Orange County? (Oh, did I mention I'm
    in one of the wealthiest places in the country? Oops.)

    SO the info I could really use is how do the kids perform in CO?
    Are the ones in the Denver suburbs (specifically Arvada,
    Broomfield, JeffCo) involved in school? How's parent involvement?
    Do kids generally care about school? Or is it just like here,
    when I assign homework and, on a good day, half of them take a
    stab at it?

    THanks for your help and insight.

     
     

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