DCPS teachers can earn a maximum base pay of $106,540 plus bonuses of up to $25,000 each year, far higher than the best-paid teacher at many charters, most of which have maximum base salaries of less than $80,000. The Districtâs average teacher pay of $77,512 in 2013 is the highest in the region.
Definition of banyan. : an East Indian fig tree (Ficus benghalensis) of the mulberry family with branches that send out roots which grow down to the soil and form secondary trunks.
A number of tropical banyan species that compete for sunlight, especially of the genus Ficus, exhibit this strangling habit. [page needed] The leaves of the banyan tree are large, leathery, glossy, green, and elliptical. Like most figs, the leaf bud is covered by two large scales. As the leaf develops the scales abscise.