Syag, do you think it is feasible for every unmarried teacher to plan things so that she doesn’t need to leave her job if she gets married? I don’t. I do know of cases where the young couples lived within driving distance of her job until the school year was over. I think this is admirable and proper, but again, not always feasible. I also don’t think it’s feasible or beneficial to have seminary or high school grads wait indefinitely to teach until they’re married.
In the cases you mentioned, they took the entire year off. What if something came up in the middle of the year? I do not think it’s a red herring, I think it demonstrates that we sometimes have to prioritize, even when two things are both extremely important.
Squeak, sure it’s about finances, you just seem to think that schools are over allocating funds towards administration and assistants. In general, I don’t think that’s the case.
Also, there’s still the supply issue. There simply aren’t enough married teachers to staff the schools, and that would only get worse if policy became not to hire single teachers.