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In the last year, Rothman has had to abandon a Boca Raton home she could no longer afford, moving into a room at a friend's house and feels "cynical and hopeless" about her financial prospects.

"I love teaching, I was born to teach," Rothman said. "But I feel there is no way I can sustain a living with just teaching. So that is why I decided to become a certified personal trainer and get a part-time job."

Rothman is one of hundreds of thousands of teachers in Florida that have gone years without a significant raise.

On average, school districts have raised the minimum pay for a teacher by 1 percent in the last four years, according to newly released data by the Florida Department of Education. And less than half of all school districts have given raises at all, with most districts keeping salaries flat over the last four years.

As a consequence of years of state cuts to education and dwindling property tax values, most school districts say they cannot afford to give raises to teachers, instead focusing on preventing layoffs or school closures.

Lawmakers say the lack of raises is the product of a severe economic downturn.

"Obviously, none of us are glad of any reduction in salary or any failure of teachers to get raises," said Senator David Simmons, R-Maitland, who helped write the education budget. "We are not satisfied with that, but at the same time, we must realize this was a very brutal economic times for most if not all Floridians."

Over the past four years, the average salary of a teacher in Florida has decreased $ 1,199 from $ 46,922 for the academic year 2007-2008 to $ 45 723 in the 2010-2011 school year, down about 2.5 percent.

In Broward County, an exodus of experienced teachers and salary schedule changes have actually caused the average teacher pay to fall by 16 percent in the last four years to $42,181 the largest drop in any county.

"Morale is at an all-time low," said Pat Santeramo, the president of the Broward Teacher's Union. "Weve seen people exiting the ranks of teachers in Broward County whether it's at the top or bottom. They have basically given up.

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