I would like to respond to Mr. Moe’s Dec. 16 letter (“Marysville Schools: Teachers, district must be creative”). How ridiculous! He sounds off on topics he obviously knows little about. First, teachers get paid for the days they work after they work those days. Teachers do not get paid when on strike. Teachers still have bills and mortgages during a strike, so I fail to see how striking teachers are risk-free. Second, as an admitted outsider to the strike, what kind of vested interest do you hold?
It seems real easy nowadays for individuals to sit, watch, and then “pop off” with some sort of simple solution to much more complex problems. Just making it about money is an insult to the teachers in Marysville.
However, since you wish to talk about money: Your $250 per month reduction for every teacher is just about the most disgraceful idea I have ever read. Why don’t we just tax people between the age of 20 and 30 an extra 10 percent of income in order to fund education? Seem fair? That is what you are asking of the professionals who have already committed their careers to working with children, an extra tax burden.
The disgrace is that the second highest paid teachers in the state make only an average of $54,000. A state that ranks in the middle of the United States in teacher salaries and lower in average class size. I will say that the $250 per month would be less of a pay cut for me than what the district first offered.
No, Mr. Moe, the solution is just not that simple. Look a little deeper. However, your math is correct. Maybe you should thank a teacher.
MPHS Teacher
Camano Island
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