hey wes, you need to do some research before you comment! florida is no where close to the bottom of the teachers salaries!!! i know for a fact that ok, miss, the dakotas, and louisiana are below florida! there are some very misinformed peoplecommenting on this forum! i am a high school teacher in his 12th year and a head 6a basketball coach, and i make about $45,000 gross!!!!! get a clue before you begin to say public teachers are overpayed!! when you see the children we deal with, you would say we are the most underpaid people on earth! unless one of these "misunderstood" children is yours!!!