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Raises all around for local teachers

Original post made on Jun 25, 2018

All three of Mountain View's local school districts have approved or tentatively agreed to increase teacher pay this month. But the size of the salary bump depends largely on who you work for, with the heftiest raises going to some of the most well-compensated.

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Posted by Help Me Understand
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 25, 2018 at 12:35 am

>Mountain View-Los Altos already holds the title for having the
> highest pay in the entire state, and its teachers will now be
> making a base amount between $82,800 and $156,500, with
> a menu of "extra duties" outside of normal work hours that
> offer the opportunity to make more money.

$82.8k-$156k: is this what they make during the school year?

...And then they have option of pursuing additional income over the summer?


Posted by What do empty VTA bus drivers get paid?
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Jun 25, 2018 at 4:26 am

How about some comparisons? What do (mostly empty) VTA bus drivers get paid? How many hours and days do they work? How about janitors for Caltrain? Some get overtime doubling or tripling their income. How about Google employees in the private sector? Tell us the range. Or will Google just refuse to say?


Posted by mv resident
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 25, 2018 at 10:13 am

@What do empty VTA bus drivers get paid?

Well you can just google it. You said it yourself.


Posted by Dan Waylonis
a resident of Jackson Park
on Jun 25, 2018 at 3:04 pm

Dan Waylonis is a registered user.

It seems like a missed opportunity to not target raises towards teachers who are outperforming their peers rather than make the raises "across the board".


Posted by Robyn
a resident of another community
on Jun 26, 2018 at 3:33 am

Wow! 5% pay increase each year since 2014. Did you get that?


Posted by Thad
a resident of another community
on Jun 26, 2018 at 7:11 am

5% raise is a paycut if the cost of living has gone up more than 5% in the timeframe.


Posted by Nora S.
a resident of Rex Manor
on Jun 29, 2018 at 10:12 am

Good news! I'm happy to see our school districts spend money on teachers rather than buildings for a change. And nice that our excellent and hard-working teachers are reaping some benefit from the increase in property values.


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