One plan is to recruit candidates in the Caribbean. A second is to lure teachers from other professions to a program called New York City Teaching Fellows. North Country schools will also face staffing problems. Meanwhile, many veteran teachers are hoping that New York state will pass a retirement incentive this year. So, for some the primary incentive is that the pension will be larger, and for others the incentive is that the pension will be earlier.
Conventional wisdom is that retirement incentives are offered by management to save money.
The difference between the two salaries is the savings for the district. It is not always that simple, however, because of benefits paid to retirees, contributions to the pension fund, etc. In fact, I have never been convinced that retirement incentives are necessarily money savers for school districts. Maybe the money being spent to recruit teachers should be spent to enhance the compensation for those already hired. But not enough.