Re: Teacher Salary Scale by County

Allyson

Posted on 2/15/11

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The reason Memphis City has horrible scores is because of the
environment. You can only do so much with students whose main
concern is staying alive and being safe. In case you haven't heard,
Memphis is a high crime, high gang area. Also, there is not a lot
of parental support at home as there probably is in Williamson
County. These teachers get paid more because they get hazard pay.
Their lives are in danger every day when they go to work. I
guarantee they are not there sitting on their thumbs not working.
To teach in a city like that, one would have to be truly dedicated
to the profession. I know teachers there who pick their students up
and take them home. In addition, some of the schools work 6 days
per week. Don't judge if you don't know what you are talking about!
By the way, I am a teacher in Hamilton County, and have never lived
in either Memphis or Williamson County, but I will definitely
defend those Memphis teachers. I would do the same for Williamson
County teachers if they were being bashed.

On 1/30/11, Taxpayer wrote:
> Liberals think they can shove money at the education problems and
> solve them but that doesn't work.
>
> In Tennessee Memphis City schools average $55,325 51 a year and
> has HORRIBLE schools with very low scores.
>
> Williamson County average pay is $48,164 and they are some of the
> best schools in the USA (my kids went there for 4.5 yrs)
>
> the cost of living in Williamson Co (housing, taxes, etc) is over
> double that of Memphis.
>
>
> ‎455,325 a week divided by 36 weeks teachers are in the class
room
> equals $1,536 a week; I call that RICH-MAN's pay and is equal to a
> full-time job that pays $76,841 a year based on a 50 week year.
>
> Not bad for the worse teachers in Tennessee!

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