3CATSAILOR
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
I read the County Times today. Guy Leonard wrote a really good article which highlighted the St. Mary's County Board of Education's threat against the Commissioners if they don't get the funding that they are demanding as "fairness". It is true that the Public Schools are only in session for 180 days. and in between there they have Easter vacation, Snow days, a day off for the County Fair, Christmas vacation, Summer vacation, Half school days, Two hour early dismissals and who knows what else.
According to a Google Search:
The starting salary for a Deputy Sheriff in St. Mary's County, Maryland is $65,582.40 per year. There's also a $15,000 sign-on bonus paid in installments, plus potential lateral and employee referral bonuses, and formal education compensation.
In St. Mary's County, Maryland, the average teacher salary is around $56,839 per year, which is 7% above the national average. Starting teachers in the county receive a minimum salary of $60,500. Specific salaries can vary based on experience, education level, and other factors
A Police Officer who has a much more dangerious job and has to work 365 days a year instead of just 180 gets only $5000.00 more. A Police Officer is out in the elements with a significantly higher stressful job. In addition, a Police Officer has a higher potential of sucide than teachers. I know a guy that has done both. Before he went in to Law Enforcement he did some teaching. The difference between the two is Apples and Oranges.
I never thought I would ever hear of a person placing a threat against our County Commissioners if she didn't get her way. What have we come to? The representatrive of the County Board of Education sounded disrespectiveful to me. To be honest, I am disappointed with our BOE. I think better diplomacy should have been used.
Penrod believes the County has some extra money laying around to provide a more“fair budget” to fully fund the school system. She claims they aren't just asking for money, but demanding fairness.
Would she be referring to the same fairness that the Elderly Senior Citizens get with a Tax Bill that has 70% going to education when the Senior Citizen has NO children in the Public School System at all and never has at any time? Is she talking about that fairness?
I read the County Times today. Guy Leonard wrote a really good article which highlighted the St. Mary's County Board of Education's threat against the Commissioners if they don't get the funding that they are demanding as "fairness". It is true that the Public Schools are only in session for 180 days. and in between there they have Easter vacation, Snow days, a day off for the County Fair, Christmas vacation, Summer vacation, Half school days, Two hour early dismissals and who knows what else.
According to a Google Search:
The starting salary for a Deputy Sheriff in St. Mary's County, Maryland is $65,582.40 per year. There's also a $15,000 sign-on bonus paid in installments, plus potential lateral and employee referral bonuses, and formal education compensation.
In St. Mary's County, Maryland, the average teacher salary is around $56,839 per year, which is 7% above the national average. Starting teachers in the county receive a minimum salary of $60,500. Specific salaries can vary based on experience, education level, and other factors
A Police Officer who has a much more dangerious job and has to work 365 days a year instead of just 180 gets only $5000.00 more. A Police Officer is out in the elements with a significantly higher stressful job. In addition, a Police Officer has a higher potential of sucide than teachers. I know a guy that has done both. Before he went in to Law Enforcement he did some teaching. The difference between the two is Apples and Oranges.
I never thought I would ever hear of a person placing a threat against our County Commissioners if she didn't get her way. What have we come to? The representatrive of the County Board of Education sounded disrespectiveful to me. To be honest, I am disappointed with our BOE. I think better diplomacy should have been used.
Penrod believes the County has some extra money laying around to provide a more“fair budget” to fully fund the school system. She claims they aren't just asking for money, but demanding fairness.
Would she be referring to the same fairness that the Elderly Senior Citizens get with a Tax Bill that has 70% going to education when the Senior Citizen has NO children in the Public School System at all and never has at any time? Is she talking about that fairness?
