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    Re: Living and working in Olympia
    Posted by local teacher on 11/15/08

    The job market for teaching in the Olympia area mostly opens up
    in the spring and if you have ANY kind of a special education
    degree - that's your ticket IN to a job anywhere. The three
    main districts (Olympia,North Thurston, Tumwater) just
    experienced deep cuts and nearly had to RIF last year-Olympia
    is living quite frugally for the next few years as well. Living
    IN Olympia is expensive - inexpensive housing is tight (my
    daughter is employed by the state and has a good job, but the
    cost of living is still high here and she's been looking for
    place she can afford to live and play).
    I'll link the local ESD where you can apply and look for job
    postings. North Thurston Public Schools is not a part of the
    ESD and post their own jobs. You can look up their homepage.
    You can also get a lot of info about the area by using the
    zipcodes.
    98501 and 98502 are the local zips.
    Living south of Olympia (98512) is less expensive and is mostly
    rural. Lots of teaching jobs in south county - but mostly sped.
    South county is not a far drive to anywhere in Olympia. Shelton
    is not a bad district to work in either.
    You can use the zips to also find the ever decreasing price of
    gas. Today it's between 2.25 and 2.49.
    And while we have good contracts with the districts around
    here - what does a 'good union' have to do with jobs?

    ESD 113 jobs

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  • Living and working in Olympia, 6/08/08, by That Teacher Guy.
  • Re: Living and working in Olympia, 6/19/08, by Christine Dixon.
  • Re: Living and working in Olympia, 11/15/08, by local teacher.

     
     

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