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Originally Posted by Major Major
We paid into the same pension. I was too young and stupid to care about benefits. But I think they were basically the same.
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Do you recall if your pension contributions were the same at both?
I’m not saying that they weren’t but these are common discrepancies when comparing charter and public system compensation that a lot of people don’t take into consideration when stating they earn the “same” and instead base it solely in their hourly rate or salary. I think even the CCSD and CBE have different contribution rates but I’m not 100% sure on that.
Personally I feel as though the UCP’s(and governments before theirs) support for charter schools has never really been about improving the overall education or providing options and has far more to do with reducing the bargaining power of teachers in all school divisions while putting money in the pockets of the operators of those divisions. But that’s a whole other discussion.
To be clear I’m actually not fully opposed to different school divisions existing, not even fully private options. I just don’t think tax dollars should be given to schools with little to no financial oversight.
The whole purpose behind the creation of a public education system was to give every kid the opportunity to get an education regardless of their family’s economic status because that generally provided an overall benefit to society. The option for people who wanted to and could afford to pay for an education without public funding was there long before the public system came around so it doesn’t make sense for similar schools to require that funding today.