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"Untortunateiy, discussions of a $10,000 minimum salary are woefully inadequate when compared to these facts,” said Walt Mika, Virginia Education Association (VEA) president. “The facts clearly show why a wide spectrum of state officials have recently called for teacher salary increases. 1 am very glad they have raised their voices collectively, and, in light of these most recent statistics, I urge them to raise their sights considerably.
“The critical state of teachers’ salaries is of immediate and long-range concern,” Mika said. “Failure to even approach cost-of-living increases is making a mockery of teachers’ efforts to pay for basic necessities. We also need immediate relief to stem the flow of excellent teachers who are being forced by circumstances—and against their own wishes—to consider leaving a personally satisfying but Financially untenable profession.
"For the longer term, we need to carefully consider whom do we want to teach our children? How many of even the most dedicated individuals will agree to start a career in Charles City County at $9,000 when private business offers so much more? How many of those who still choose to teach will be available to Virginia’s school systems when North Carolina’s
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