Town of Braintree

teachers

your post is wrong!!! The teachers union cannot offer an opinion. The teachers are the ones who voted for that it was not the unions say at all!!! And i'm sorry how long did you say it took for an ''older'' teacher to reach $50,000. And I don't know what country you live in but an average family of 4 would be considered poverty level at $50,000. Considering the costs of daycare now the average family has to have one parent stay home because they cannot afford daycare for two children do you think teachers might fall into that catagory? Where did you get your info that teachers do not serve their country? That is just ignorance for a man that did serve! How can you say recession does not have an effect on teachers? Is it a written law somewhere that I am not aware of that teachers are excluded from what makes a ''recession'' You have no idea what you are talking about. My son is serving and has been serving for some time now so i absolutely do know what effect that has on families.

By challenge

wake up gamma

You don't know Sqwat. You truly believe that all teachers only make $50,000 when they can and do make much more with the proper degrees. Also I see many families trying to survive on 2 salaries teachers included. Maybe you are trapped in the 60's when wifes stayed home and there was only one breadwinner in the house. Wake up gramma sh*t cost more and teachers are not worth what they are crying for.

LETS TRY IT AGAIN CHALLANGED

BRAINTREE TEACHERS PAY SCALE 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008

I did some research to answer some of your questions.
1. In the last teacher's contract they got raises of 3% 3.5% and 3.5% a total of 10%.

The rest of the town employees only got 3-3-3.
The teachers passed up NO RAISES ''for the kids benefit''.

By contract, teachers work 182 days per year. It takes 11 years for a teacher to reach the top step in their respected pay scale, but they get step increases every year along with their newly negotiated contract rates until they reach their top step.--Jan 26, 2005--Dear Challenge

SALARIES: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
+$700 +$1415 +$2165 +$2973
MASTERS+45 $70047 $70747 $72162 $74327 $77300 PENSION IS $61,840

SALARIES: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
+$682 +$1369 +$2098 +$2883
MASTERS+30 $67905 $68584 $69956 $72054 $74937 PENSION IS $ 59,994

SALARIES: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
+$618 +$1248 +$2910 +$1623
MASTERS $61792 $62410 $63658 $66568 $68191 PENSION IS $ 54,552

DAILY PAY RATE AT END OF NEW CONTRACT

TEACHERS PAY PER DAY
M+45 $424.73, M+30 $411.74, M $374.67

PENSION BENEFIT IS 80% OF THE AVERAGE HIGHEST 3 YEAR SALARY.

I suppose the new retirement benefit, the ''LEXINGTON PLAN'' that adds $2000 to the base salary for a teachers last 3 years is for the children also. This benefit also is pensionable at 80%.

-By Fact Finder

By YOU POOR STARVING THING

teachers

wrong info again!

By challenge