INVESTIGATORS. >> THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 7 GETTING RESULTS.
>> LISA: ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, FLORIDA RANKS
49TH IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT
COMES TO TEACHER PAY COMES AS
TEACHER RESIGNATIONS ARE ON
THE RISE IN FLORIDA. NOW
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS WANTS TO
ALLOCATE 600 MILLION DOLLARS
TO BOOST EDUCATION FUNDING.
TONIGHT NEWS 6 INVESTIGATOR
MERRIS BADCOCK EXPLAINS WHY
THAT EXTRA MONEY COULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR CHILD’S
TEACHER. WE CRUNCHED THE
NUMBERS IN OUR LOS LOCAL
DISTRICTS AND FOUND TEACHER
RESIGNATIONS ARE ON THE RISE.
AND WHILE DISTRICTS HAVE
PREVIOUSLY SAID THERE ARE
VACANCIES ARE LOW. TEACHERS
SAY THE LIST OF REASONS TO
LEAVE IS ONLY GROWING.
>> DID YOU GET INTO THE HOUSE
REAL ESTATE AGENT BRIAN DOOR
CUT IS SELLING HOMES. WE ARE
IN MELBOURNE SO HE CAN BUY HIS
OWN, 3 TO 2100 SQUARE FEET. A
DREAM THAT HE SAYS WASN’T
POSSIBLE WHEN HE WAS A PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER. I WAS A
TEACHER FOR BREVARD COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 10 YEARS.
SO YOU MUST LOVE DID I DID
LOVE THAT. I’M SURE THAT IT’S
ALL THE EXTRA THAT MAKES IT.
>> DIFFICULT FOR DOOR CUT.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE 12
HOUR WORKDAYS FOR 8 HOURS OF
PAY UNREALISTIC GOALS.
PANDEMIC HEALTH CONCERNS AND
>> LOW WAGES, WHICH WAS A HUGE
REASON WHY I DECIDED TO CHANGE
CAREERS. YOU KNOW, YOUR
EARNING POTENTIAL BEING A
TEACHERS KEPT NEWS, 6 FOUND OR
CUT ISN’T ALONE. TEACHER
RESIGNATIONS IN OUR LOCAL
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ON
THE RISE NUMBERS, WHICH WE
FOUND PUBLICLY DISPLAYED ON
MANY OF YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL
BOARD AGENDAS.
>> IN BREVARD COUNTY, 800, 25
TEACHERS RESIGN LAST YEAR UP.
28 1% FROM THE NEARLY 650
TEACHERS WHO RESIGNED THE YEAR
BEFORE IN SEMINOLE 600. 76
TEACHERS RESIGNED LAST YEAR UP
15% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE LAKE
COUNTY HAD A 3% INCREASE IN
RESIGNATIONS COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR IN OSCEOLA COUNTY, 103
TEACHERS RESIGNED IN THE FIRST
14 WEEKS OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR.
THAT’S UP 24% FROM THE SAME
TIME FRAME THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND ACCORDING TO THE ORANGE
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HUMAN
RESOURCES DIVISION, MORE THAN
1500 TEACHERS RESIGNED LAST
YEAR FROM ORANGE COUNTY.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A 32% INCREASE
FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. I’M NOT
SURPRISED AT WENDY DOROMAL IS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY TEACHERS UNION. 82%.
>> DON’T TRUST OR HAVE FAITH
IN DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
LEADERS. WHY ARE THEY
RESIGNING MORE AND MORE
FREQUENTLY THEY’RE RESIGNING
BECAUSE OF THE PAY. BECAUSE
THEY DON’T FEEL VALUED. THEY
DON’T WANT TO BE WORKING UNTIL
11 O’CLOCK EVERY NIGHT OR HAVE
TO GIVE UP ONE WEEKEND DAY.
>> TO CATCH UP ON SCHOOL OR
DISTRICT HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID
THEY ARE ALL ABLE TO FILL THE
POSITIONS. BUT NORMAL SAYS
PARENTS SHOULD QUESTION THE
QUALITY OF THESE NEW HIRES.
THERE ARE PERMANENT SUBS IN
CLASSROOMS AND THEIR SCHOOLS
AND THAT MEANS IT’S NOT A
QUALIFIED TEACHER.
>> IT’S SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT
CERTIFICATION IN THE SUBJECT
THEY’RE TEACHING, BUT IT’S NOT
A TEACHER. IT’S A PERMANENT
STOP. AND THEY DON’T COP,
THOUGH, SAYS VACANCIES.
>> SO IT’S KIND OF DECEPTIVE.
AND IF YOU ASK QUALIFIED
TEACHERS WITH 10 YEARS OF
SERVICE LIKE DOOR CAUGHT, ONE
THING COULD FIX A LOT. WHAT
KIND OF SALAD USING THE
TEACHER SHOULD BE MAKING?
>> I THINK LIKE WHAT WOULD BE
FAIR AND LIKE WHAT WOULD HAVE
KEPT YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE
AROUND BETWEEN 55 YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE MADE
A LOT MORE SENSE TO ME. I
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PURCHASE A HOME IN A SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST THINK
THAT THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST A
GOOD STARTING POINT.
>> LISA: WE WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT ONE OF THE POSSIBLE
EXPLANATIONS FOR THE RISE IN
RESIGNATIONS IS DUE. THE
PANDEMIC. THAT’S WHAT ORANGE
COUNTY TOLD US IN AN EMAIL ON
MONDAY. THEY SAID RESIGNATIONS
ACTUALLY WENT DOWN DURING THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE PEOPLE
COULDN’T GET REEMPLOYMENT
ELSEWHERE. AND RIGHT NOW THEY
SAY CURRENT RESIGNATIONS ARE
ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE
NUMBERS FROM 2 YEARS AGO
DURING THE 2018, 2019 SCHOOL
YEAR TO REVIEW OUR NUMBERS AND
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