[oldbill]

There’s more here than meets the eye.

Pennsylvania has one of the most corrupt school board systems in the nation. You get a teacher’s job unless you know simebody or are related to somebody on the school board.

In a state with a lot of unemployment and that has lost a lot of jobs in the coal, textile, and manufacturing areas, a school teacher position is one of the best paying jobs with almost total job security and numerous benefits (health care, days off, tenure).

That’s why a lot of of good teacher candidates have to leave - they can’t break through the politicians’ control of the appointments, so they move on to other states.

[angcat]

that's the only way you get a job in the corrupt Hazleton Area School District. The whole area is related to each other in some inbred way. They all have the same names and all teach or are nurses. Very bizarre place.

[fatima]

Crap.

[Gondring]

True, and the supply exceeds demand.