is any grade school teacher worth $125 grand, plus bennies?

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<p>In the NY metro area, families pay $500 for someone to “entertain” 15- 25 kids for 1.5 to 2 hours at a birthday party. Goody bags are an additional expense! This amount is NOT unusual, and is an average. (It is far from the highest paid.) By these standards, elementary teachers are grossly underpaid, even at $100,000+</p>

<p>I’m not a fan of the teacher tenure system in NY, but, fortunately, my kids have had many teachers who have earned every cent of their high, North Shore Long Island salaries.</p>

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<p>One of my childrens teachers lives in North shore area of LI, he and his wife are both elementary teachers, his property taxes are, 18,000K a year. Another friends property taxes are </p>

<p>THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. Yep.</p>

<p>My neighbors taxes are TWENTY SIX THOUSAND so $125,000 doesn’t go very far. (newly built) but still his garbage is picked up the same way as mine, his kids go to the same school as my kids, we pay about 1/2 of his.</p>