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AHUDDLESTON

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  1. Y’all want to hear kids using that word? Come by my school one day! At Alief Hastings, it is synonymous with friend. Everyone says it in the halls. I do not allow it at all in my classroom. I've heard two Chinese students use it each other. Pretty much the only ones who don’t use it are the Students from Africa. Seems like everyone greets eavh other that way.

  2. Demand! I would be willing to bet that less than 10% of the schools in Texas have every teaching spot filled by certified teachers.  Today, according to just one teacher job board(tasa), there are 2790 teaching positions open.  I have been in Alief now for 6 years and we have not been at full staff at anytime. That is with one of the highest salary in Houston area and the best benefits.   

  3. Some of us do get by on just that salary.  I did for a long time: 22 years.  The last 5 have been much better since I moved to Alief.  Still if I do not work summer conditioning or teach summer school, I am under 78,000 a year. Includes two coaching stipends.  I gripe about the money for sure, but I love what I do, so we make it work out.  

  4. just for comparisons:

    State minimum salary for teachers:                   West Hardin                              Kountze

    0 years - 28,080                                                 30,080                                      31,700

    10 years - 38,080                                               40,080                                      38,900

    20 years - 45,510                                               47,510                                      46,400

    no raises after 20 years                                   stops at 20                                 36 years - 55,250

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