Every day after work, veteran English teacher Staci Ely pulls into the parking lot of the Spanish Trail Lodge in Fort Stockton, a small town in far West Texas.
She parks right in front of her door in the motor court-style hotel and settles into a small, recently refurbished room with an en suite bathroom, Saltillo tile floors, a mini fridge and Southwest-style fixtures.
The cozy motel room is home these days, and it’s one reason Ely took the job with the Fort Stockton Independent School District. That and the $80,000 salary.
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