Richard and Xinia Foster are not just husband and wife, both are also Miami-Dade County school teachers.
The two joined yesterday with other teachers from Coral Park High to protest against changes state lawmakers are considering.
Both worried that the new proposals out of Tallahassee would stop them from teaching.
"The problem is they are going to kill the public school as we know it ," Xinia Foster said.
The Fosters said they couldn't afford to stay in the classroom. The changes already approved by the state senate call for future teacher raises to be based on how students perform. The better students do, the more teachers make.
"We don't know where our next pay check is coming from and don't know how much you make," said Richard Foster.
Teachers claim they would also see an end to their tenure system and job security.
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They also said additional educational qualifications -- masters and doctoral degrees -- wouldn't mean anything.
Students at Coral Park are supporting their instructors.
"I think it's very unfair, actually, for the teachers because if someone has a bad day, the teacher has to pay for that," said Coral Park student Francis Amador.
"I think they should get paid not on how we do, they should get paid higher," student Melanny Gorrocaotegui said.
