How much do teachers want to be paid to read off a slide everyday?

They don't even know. They just want more, more, more.

$50k starting up to $150k is normal in the public sector especially given the terrible reading-off-the-slide powerpoint presentation state of education in the schools and 3 months off every year + vacation + sick time.

All these terrible, toxic teachers complaining about how they're forced to be accountable to metrics and grade assignments is a symptom of the illness.

Sure, but we're going to need to raise your property taxes again.

Every single kid in the state of NJ has been through the school system. Who are you trying to convince?

We have the best educational system numbers in the state of NJ because of students who go for private tutoring for Algebra 2, reading comprehension, and writing who are single handily padding the numbers up.

Here's my memory of the school system. Running out of paper for exams every year like clockwork. Deducting an entire letter grade if every single student doesn't bring in 5 sheets of paper. The most boring powerpoints forcing students to get $110/hr private tutoring to keep up with AP exams.

I would never, ever vote for higher taxes to support lazy, incompetent, toxic teachers who work 9 months a year; force students to teach themselves, and put an undue burden on parents who have to hire private tutors who abandoned the toxic school working environment long ago to concentrate on their passion for teaching.

The highest property taxes in the US. Where is the money going if teacher pay is so low? New teachers start at $50,000. Teachers make $150,000+ at the end of their careers. This is for 9 months worth of work.