By the numbers: Teachers are leaving Clark County schools more this year

[@americanpatriot2368]

Maybe if CCSD would stop treating their teachers like sh💩t, they would stick around.

[@imo8249]

Stop with the common sense

[@baldeagle4710]

paying them 40K....and then begging california teachers to pick up and leave so they can teach in vegas....CCSD is cheap AND delusional.

[@COCOCITY81]

Bus drivers too

[@Simply_JustKim]

It’s a National problem

[@pj5132]

28 years as a MS teacher, and the reason teachers are leaving is simple… It comes down to the accepted and tolerated practice of teachers being verbally, emotionally, professionally, and sometimes physically abused and threatened by students, parents and administrators. The lack of respect for the profession is mind boggling.

[@xnihilo64]

The harassment from my administrator is making me take an early retirement.

[@Greasyheels]

This isn't just happening there. I am a teacher and am in the middle of making a transition to nursing just because I can't do it anymore. Kids are nasty, parents are nasty, with cutbacks I'm doing two positions instead of one now. I've had to teach a classroom of sixty 4th graders by myself just due to a lack of teachers.

[@LilXancheX]

Damn. I salute you warrior 🇺🇸

[@shakkeappeal]

I’ve worked in healthcare/nursing since 18 (I’m 32 now) and I loathe it anymore. Started volunteering at my kids elementary and just fell in love with all the kids who needed help the most..I came home and cried and felt so full filled. Decided to enroll this fall for teaching but this is alllll I’m hearing man. I don’t know what the fuck to do anymore, but I cannot STAND healthcare anymore. Drs treat you like you’re absolute garbage and don’t appreciate you though you do all the work, patients literally abuse you and I’ve gotten spit on more times than I can count and watching insurance company’s bankrupt and scam people has really gotten to me already. The worlds just cold man🥺

[@shakkeappeal]

Also, I don’t know if you’ll even see my response but if you do, if there’s anyway I could get in contact with you? I would really love to talk with you & hear your perspective, experience & full opinion. The few teachers at my kids school tell me “oh, I love teaching!” through clenched teeth as if I have a gun to their head but I just wish they’d be blunt. I need all the details. The good and the absolute bad. I’m making a career change regardless, but I would be lying if I said I’m not nervous as hell lately after all these news stories in Vegas.

[@Greasyheels]

@@shakkeappeal I've heard about how nurses are just cash registers. Since I already have my bachelor's my goal is to be a nurse practitioner one day. Be prepared kids will abuse you too it's just part of social work. Parents are just as bad and be aware your admins will not help you. However it's still has it's bonuses. You'll never go to work in bad weather you have your summers off and your days are shorter.

[@shakkeappeal]

@@Greasyheels Thank you for being real. Seems like the cons outweigh the pros. That’s smart if your gonna go further for nurse practitioner instead of just RN. Good luck!!

[@katsoliz9686]

Simple , these school districts stuff 30 plus kids in classrooms , many of them have learning disabilities, emotional issues and you are expected to tailor lessons for every type of kid And their personality , on top of that you have so many meetings , admin demanding data on kids’ standardized test results. This profession requires you to be on your feet all day . It sucks

[@JCcreates927]

Should’ve left school on zoom with the way children behave anymore it belongs in the home once again until people can teach their kids to act like humans, not animals.

[@moniquegonzales9191]

Its not just the kids I've seen and heard my kids teacher be just as bad and zoom was a eye opener on how some teachers treat their students ... I do agree some kids do need discipline but they probably behave poorly due to their upbringing and parents so keeping them home is guaranteeing they will fail

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Agreed, keep education on Zoom, then only the parents will have to deal with thier childs misbehavior. Alternatively, take it back to the classroom, but for chronic misbehavior require those kids to use Zoom from home so thier parents will have to deal with thier outbursts and not teachers and classmates.

[@candyxoxo19]

@@moniquegonzales9191 It depends on the level of disruption. We want to keep as many children in the classroom as possible however when it costs others from progressing and learning it is a problem.

[@serenasimms1400]

It has nothing to do with the kids.

[@junbug1029]

I don’t blame them. I’d leave too.

[@jblank1862]

I was a brick and mortar educator, my mother is a retired teacher; I quit after 13 years. I won teacher of the year my third year teaching. America is in trouble! It takes years to train a proficient top notch educator. It takes hundreds of classroom hours and a lot of veteran teacher mentorship. It is a true investment. People truly don't understand that when a seasoned educator walks away, many people loose. We all loose....😔

[@sdays59]

You mean, “lose.”

[@baldeagle4710]

CCSD pays nothing...40K??? even the janitor at the Wynn makes more than that. hopefully all the teachers walk out. this is madness.

[@jacquelinepatterson9928]

Well said!!!

[@americanpatriot2368]

Please send some of these effin' administrators back to the classroom!!!

[@DoctorAkinpelu]

YES!!!!

[@jcb9207]

Getting extra instruction after school is called tutoring. A good tutor costs 30 to 35 dollars per hour.

[@2112jp]

Yes, but in many schools they offer a tutoring service; however, requires teachers to sign up for that program.

[@leslies6221]

I've seen tutors online charging 45 to 50 an hour, especially math

[@mzzzzzzday]

Exactly...he didn't even mention if he offered pay. I don't tutor after school for free unless I really want to. Like REALLLYYY feel like inclined.

[@2112jp]

@@mzzzzzzday There are charter schools that offer FSA/FCAT camps;however, they charge the parents 150 bucks per subject area. Some classes can fill up with 15 students and the teacher pay for those camps is 40 bucks per subject area, smh. C’mon it should be a bit more then that.

[@LGKids]

If their school district cut their legs from other them like many districts are doing, I can see why. They are telling schools, kids can come to school sick and then boom, they were kinda getting a relief with quarantines, but now they come to school no matter what. Its like who cares if the adults get sick, as long as the big babysitter aka school is open! Smh!

[@moniquegonzales9191]

The problem is when we keep our kids home for feeling sick or being sick the school marks them un excused even with a positive covid test... my son went to school yesterday completely fine but in the middle of the day started feeling ill when he let the teacher know he was told to sit down and they couldn't send students to the nurse anymore due to, to many kids not feeling good... the teachers are done, the parents are done, the kids are done but the district only cares about their bottom line not the staff or kids

[@mzzzzzzday]

I'm sorry...why would teachers be staying after school with your kid for free?

[@2112jp]

The average starting pay of a teacher is roughly 47k and sadly that’s not enough for a person to live on. To have admin bowing down to parents and kids being disrespectful, I can see how easy a teacher can just leave the profession. Heck, a target employee is making close to that amount….

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

And the Target employee doesn't have to buy all kinds of school supplies for 30-40 kids. I worked as a volunteer including after school tutoring programs in schools in my birth state since age 16, I would never become a teacher, never. I was even buying boxes of pencils during testing periods and other supplies throughout the year and snagging stuff at back to school sales to donate to the school up the road from me (after I stopped volunteering at age 34) because I felt guilty for doing nothing. They wouldn't (or couldn't) pay me enough to even be an unlicensed substitute. I mean they have a couple of million to pay to sack Jesus Jara, and pay raises to some of his a** kissers after reversing that decision, but never have it in the budget to offer more than temporary incentive packages to substitutes that they keep extending... Insane. It was the same when I was a kid, and I am over 40, nothing has changed in Nevada or my home state.

[@bodhi8260]

If you want to see how teachers would be treated without a union, look at how subs are treated.

[@AnOutgoingIntrovert]

I couldn't get the help I needed to finish student teaching. Instead of following what my university needed me to do to pass their requirements, I was thrown into a fire with miserable teachers that want to quit. I was taught how to do things the way my host teacher wanted, not the way my university required. I'm graduating without a teaching license. After four weeks of exposure to the toxicity and politics, I don't really want to teach anymore. I started my degree before Covid came and I really wish I could get the last four years back. The level of micromanagement and control in a school employment environment is appalling. I will not be treated like shit or be controlled for 25 years. All I wanted to do was teach kids. I'm out.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

I started volunteering at the schools in my home state at age 16. I continued to volunteer instead of getting a teaching degree because it was not worth it to be a teacher. I stopped volunteering altogether in 2005 (I was 34) because I couldn't deal with all the shit any more. Nearly two decades down the road, I can understand why some are sick to death of standardized education. I have been infertile my whole life, but I knew as a kid that my kids (I was unaware of my infertility at that time) would be home-schooled because school was also not a happy place to be either. With all the teasing, bulling and outright hostility that schools did little about I would never put any child of mine through that. Schools are toxic for everyone involved and need a seeeeeeerious overhaul and standardization is not the answer, since students are not standardized.

[@dominiquealexandria5343]

Abusive Admin.....!!! 🙃😶🤐😵‍💫

[@bbabyboomerjesus8933]

For real for real...... and incompetent too....

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Not to mention abusive parents and thier brats.

[@marinarobinson3720]

To add insult to teachers, the ones pushing more unrealistic expectations and demands are sitting comfortably behind a desk making 3 figures. Teachers are in the trenches sacraficing everything while barely making ends meet while district heads make a killing never stepping in a classroom. Pshh . Ive been teaching for 14 years and my health insurance sadly is the main thing keeping me in the game. 😔

[@candyxoxo19]

If you can make it 6 more years you can retire. Companies only require 32 hours a week working to have health insurance. You can do that and have a comfortable position. In healthcare for example, you can work 3-12s and have the rest of the week free with insurance.

[@bigbear1640]

2 out of my 8 teachers have left

[@thedude1666]

This is happening all over the country. Low pay and hi rents and cost of living. Who would want that.

[@alexispapadopoulos6788]

Ccsd has had so many problems for yrs... Sadly finally the breaking point...

[@alexispapadopoulos6788]

Not just ccsd las vegas needs alot of help...

[@vaderthekittenchannel1979]

It’s so sad for the kids and the staff! 🙌🏾 🙏🏾

[@marcellus71c.89]

Welp can't say we didn't see this coming.🤔

[@propatriot6661]

Let me tell you why , most gen z don't want to become teachers and the government better start thinking of robotic A.I to fill the gap

[@claudiabottom4086]

yep they better be booting up the teaching robots. but how come if it is all about the ai, super tech, and zuchs metaverse. how come remote ai learning didnt go so well during the pandemic? huh? why did people complain remote learning didnt work, and parents didnt like what the kids were learning on in remote? so they had to send them all back to school again? i would say bill gates and zuckerberg dont have the game plan ready do you? I subbed taught at a jr high, mostly special ed, kids did most work online on their little laptops or chrome books. the kids would come to school at beginning of day with uncharged books and said they couldnt do their work cause their chrome book wasnt charged. when they became itsy they would slam the chrome books on the ground, toss them around, loose them. that school was all teched/chromed book up too. most book work was on the chrome book, they didnt have hard books. so why would the kids come to school without chrome book or a chrome book uncharged? i can study professor on line free on utube,i enjoy it. my brother who is a professor at top university had a hard time when they had to do remote. i thought it was all about the tech

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

I am a late Generation X-er and would not become a teacher. School was hell for me in the 80s and 90s and I can't imagine it was much better for my teachers. A kid was stabbed in front of the gym at lunch when I was a sophomore and they could do very little. Now, there are school shootings that they do little about. They couldn't pay me enough to be a teacher in any state except New Jersey, Massachusetts or Colorado. And not really there either because I hate cold weather.

[@shakkeappeal]

What does Gen Z have to do with this??

[@propatriot6661]

@@shakkeappeal We are the next people in charge and if we not going in and teach, it will cause problems

[@markmarco9268]

I’d leave too

[@jmperez1997]

Parent: can you just volunteer your free time to help my kid? Me: Parent: Me: Parent: well...? Me: I quit.

[@amyreuschdaileyes8038]

I am a CCSD teacher and was told by admin I could not keep a child after-school (elementary).

[@andytran9370]

Makes sense. You shouldn’t be alone with a student for liability reasons. You could tutor a small group of students.

[@sdays59]

And that’s the problem: mistrust. We’re not fingerprinted for nothin’. We have integrity. Kids are entrusted to our care all day. And after school there’s an admin in the building. It’s no different than during the day if one should choose to tutor a student after school. Why would that be so unusual today?

[@imo8249]

Thank you Fox5

[@ayayron7776]

*LETS GO BRANDON!!*

[@eaglesniper4263]

Where are we going?

[@idontthinkso4692]

It doesn't matter. Just make sure the kindergarteners are wearing their masks above their noses while on the playground. Everything else is secondary.

[@23drcharles]

We need to add a Federal Tax Exemption for all k-12 public education of $30,000.00. This is designed for teachers to save for homes and retirement. Many teachers cannot wait for their school boards with a $2,000 bonus. This is not a solution to the problem of substandard pay and incentive to work.

[@jimf.625]

The problem is that it’s not about the children it’s about the teachers. That’s the way it has been long before Covid.

[@2112jp]

You’re right, in the sense that the teachers are finally realizing that the pay isn’t enough to support themselves + having rude parents thinking that their the one’s in charge.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Overworked, underpaid, few benefits and little classroom supply funding only to work in the state with the 5th shittiest educational system in the nation AND they get to deal with belligerent NRA scarecrows who mistake inconvenience for oppression, putting thier lives and the lives of thier students in danger only to be the scapegoat for the deterioration of the system?? Why would teachers leave? Inconcieveable!

[@imo8249]

Another reason to break up CCSD

[@craftyhire3472]

I feel like going for a Jog tonight I am a jogger 🏃

[@louiemoreno6358]

Ccsd needs a new HR leader

[@oceanofloveandpeace2]

This is happening all over the country. 😢

[@TheVir1177]

The school district needs to have an audit. How much money are the members getting? What are they doing? Why are teachers leaving? Why are the salaries of teachers not being paid? Why don't the teachers have a contract? What are the teachers teaching? Las Vegas residents are fed up with the school; it's our taxes Las Vegas residents pay. The school is never free. Free for Whom? What happens to the marijuana money for the schools? Clark County schools need to answer if the school board is not working; Las Vegas needs to change for a different administration. Las Vegas residents need an answer. Las Vegas residents can sue for incompetence, including the superintendent, Jara. What is he doing? If he is doing his job, then why are our schools falling behind? Schools can't make a grade. Many answers need to be addressed to Las Vegas residents.

[@saritasalome5304]

I want to work as a teacher but unfortunately my us work authorization is expired !! I have my ESL certification but working with an education agency right now because of that 😔 I hope to find a Job soon …

[@whatithink9917]

Stay after school??

[@AyakoTachi]

"How about he just stays after school?" Jeez. FOX5 you need to call this stuff out. "Hey nurse, how about I'll just hang here after discharge and you can stay after your shift and take care of me for free?" TF?

[@suzannenaki5291]

What a nerve...expecting teachers to stay after to tutor his kid for free.

[@bodhi8260]

Seems like more teachers are leaving to me.

[@xnihilo64]

Sad thing is that I considered coming to CCSD. I have a clear California credential with many years experience. Checking into it there's so much red tape to get in I decided to decline.

[@hangingwiththegrlz4891]

I wonder why parents think teachers should work overtime tutoring for FREE?

[@polarpalmwv4427]

What an incredibly watered down piece that will leave the viewer with no level of understanding regarding why teachers are leaving.

[@drewdrew89141]

I don't blame them

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

Well, Las Vegas is no place for kids.

[@thedude1666]

Come on. Let's face it. It's the low pay and SUPER HI COST OF LIVING. THAT'S WHY!!!

[@williamworsham3175]

Gee I wonder why? Last year you had a video about three who were attacked! I mean....get a handle on that, just for starters???

[@alexispapadopoulos6788]

Maybe force more technology lol... There is no extra help for kids. Covid has been terrible in vegas everyone is burnt out. Theres way too many students per teacher... Always has been a huge problem in vegas.. How many kids are failing and struggling?

[@stevenkwiatkoske4787]

Not surprising with the useless superintendent.

[@hangingwiththegrlz4891]

Many teachers are taking on SECOND jobs to survive.

[@dr7820]

Parent: Hey can you stay after school and work with my son for free? Do you stay after your shift is over and work so you can better understand your work environment. Only in the teaching profession do these kinds of BS questions get asked.

[@yolandawinzer829]

They are quoting because they don't to take the jab simple

[@havenhurstgroup]

Dump public schools, give vouchers for private. Public schools perform poorly, huge admin. The district student base is hard to work with too, probably mostly low motivated English as second language.

[@dustinjohnson1410]

Private schools out perform because they can choose who is there. Behavior problems, learning disabilities, ESL, physical disabilities? Just leave them at the public school where they can be "better served."

[@2112jp]

Where are you getting that students from private schools are outperforming district schools? Private schools do not take FSA; therefore, there’s no data that can support that claim. Also, teachers’ whom teach in private schools do not get paid more, so I assuming they are also dealing with staff retention issues. To assume that students whose primary language is not English are lacking motivation is a very naive perspective. The school system needs to remove students that are demonstrating 2 grades and more below their peers out of the general pop classroom and into a smaller class. The districts should recognize non-profit public charter schools as a district school. That way they can create more smaller facilities and possibly improve the culture in the school setting. Most importantly they need to improve teacher’s wages; where they can sustain the high cost of living; therefore, be more involved in creating engaging activities for their students.

[@whatithink9917]

Ell kids are great

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Except that private schools can pick and choose what students to allow in or out since they do not have to follow specific regulations from the federal, state or local levels because they do not get money from any of them. Vouchers or no, many kids would not be let into private schools for behavior, health, learning disabilities and other reasons and there would be no place for those "falling through the cracks" kids if there were no public schools for them. Also, I have no doubt that those private schools would provide far better education for kids whose parents are paying than kids who manage to get in on taxpayer vouchers. Doubtless those vouchers would not be for the same tuition amount as a regular unvouchered payment.

[@whatithink9917]

@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 right on rosemary.