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If being a resident of the city was a requirement to teach in the Schenectady School District there wouldn't be any teachers who would want to teach here.

Quoted from rpforpres

Shadow-my daughter who is a teacher lives in Sch'dy but works in another city. Tried for years to get a job in the city, but was overlooked for those who lived out of the city AND out of state !!! This has happened to many very qualified teaching graduates. I don't know the reason they are doing this but its well known.

But like I said before she works in a Charter school, lower pay but great rewards as the kids are testing wonderfully there, much higher than Albany/Sch'dy public schools. : )

Quoted from Shadow

If there is a teacher who wishes to work for and lives in the Schenectady district they should be given special treatment for being willing to do it. That person would have a special incite into the problems that the kids attending the school have.

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Not a monetary gratuity but a special consideration or a preference to be selected for a job first if they're qualified.

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EDITORIALS
Residency laws for teachers not worth it

    The Schenectady school board would like more of its teachers to call the city their home, in conformance with a policy it established more than a dozen years ago, calling for 40 percent of its new hires to be city residents. The policy was roundly ignored, and the percentage of city residents among Schenectady teachers has now fallen to just 16 percent. While that’s not good news, the district still shouldn’t bother to enforce the misguided policy.
    To be sure, there are advantages to getting teachers to live where they work. It makes them more likely to know and understand the kids they teach. It gives them added incentive to do their jobs well. It gives them more understanding of the community’s plight with regard to school district finances. And it lends middleclass stability to a housing market that could use all it can get.
    But there are several drawbacks, and on balance, they outweigh the advantages. Most important is the fact that a residency requirement could discourage some otherwise-qualified applicants from applying. It’s not exactly a seller’s housing market; nor has it been one for some time. If a teacher thinking of applying for a job in Schenectady knew that he or she would have to sell their house someplace else and move to the city, they might not bother. And what right should their employer have to make such an imposition? Moving is not only a pain, it’s expensive. And it can be disruptive to family life, if there are children or even just spouses involved.
    Then there’s Schenectady itself: It may be a decent place to live, but it’s obviously got problems — some of which revolve around its school system. But even if the city were Nirvana, it would still be a city, and city life isn’t for everyone. .....................>>>>...................>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r03601&AppName=1

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But there are several drawbacks, and on balance, they outweigh the advantages. Most important is the fact that a residency requirement could discourage some otherwise-qualified applicants from applying. It’s not exactly a seller’s housing market; nor has it been one for some time. If a teacher thinking of applying for a job in Schenectady knew that he or she would have to sell their house someplace else and move to the city, they might not bother. And what right should their employer have to make such an imposition? Moving is not only a pain, it’s expensive. And it can be disruptive to family life, if there are children or even just spouses involved.
    Then there’s Schenectady itself: It may be a decent place to live, but it’s obviously got problems — some of which revolve around its school system

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THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A CLOSED CLUB.......when they talk about teacher shortages they are full of SH!T!!!!!

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yeah,,,special treatment----it's called a job.....and when all those folks that graduated as teachers and cant even get a job at schools
that complain there is a teacher shortage...weeeeeeelllllll...no wonder the public is pissed off.......

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small classes at the $45,000/yr rate   or

larger classes at the $60,000/yr rate

no guaranteed pension/retirement it's called DO IT YOURSELF.......

HERE'S YOUR SIGN.....NOW GET OFF MY BACK......

Quoted from Shadow

The other way to look at it is if the teachers don't live here they really don't care if the kids graduate or not they're just in it for the money and benefits.