The pay/comp outrage wouldn't be as awful if the quality of their "product", educated children, wasn't even more awful.

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Cindy Rossi, a teacher at Fitzgerald Public Schools in Macomb County, was quoted in an MLive teacher salary story saying that teaching in Michigan public schools is “a hopeless situation.” 

The story did not report that Rossi’s total pay was $81,934 in 2017-18.

“Anyone that could get out would get out,” Rossi said. 

She also said she wouldn’t recommend anyone consider being a teacher.
The article also stated Rossi was retiring after this year after 24 years of teaching.
A teacher retiring at Rossi’s salary and 24 years of service collects an annual state pension of $29,496, with an automatic 3% increase every year. 
The teacher also gets taxpayer-funded health insurance benefits. 
Michigan public school teachers are also eligible to collect Social Security benefits starting at age 62 and Medicare at age 65."