<prompt> Human: My mom works incredibly hard. Always has. But she cant find a break and is struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. My dad is unemployed and cant find work in Fresno, CA where they live - he is a print journalist of 23 years, and very good at it, but the only paper in town streamlined half of its employees six years ago and hes stuck struggling to find other work that will supplement their income. My mom started teaching high school again seven years ago and currently teaches all of the ninth grade English at her high school. She won the teacher of the year award the past two years, but has to change her curriculum every year to deal with state standard shifts and administrative changes that overwhelm her. She has no social life, no emergency fund, sleeps five hours a day, coaches at night, works through the summer, works through every weekend, and, like my dad, is running into various health issues my dad ran 4 miles 6 days a week up until a month ago when his knee went and now he can never run again, so they need access to good medical insurance, which my moms job supplies. They would love to live somewhere where their neighbor on one side wasnt just released from jail last week for dealing meth, but my mom is afraid she will lose all of her benefits if she leaves the state to work at another school. My parents cant move immediately because their house is paid off and would sell for way less than its worth they bought right before the housing bubble burst, but its fully renovated and great, but they might be able to in about eight years if they can save up.My questions are to any of you who are teachers or know teachers - my mom is afraid she will lose her medical and retirement if she moves to a teaching job in another city or state. She told me that if she leaves California, she will lose her retirement benefits - is this true? If she moves to a different Cali city, will she also lose her retirement? Are there some schools with better medical insurance than others? How will switching schools affect her tenure?Some of these questions are for me. My mom is a pessimist, but shes logical and knows the consequences. I just want to figure out if there are any loopholes that might make it possible for her to move nearer to the coast or make her job easier. My parents are English majors and knew they wouldnt make much when they were young. But we have never taken vacations or bought fancy cars or raised more kids than were practical 3. I want my parents to like where they live, even if their jobs continue to suck. Any advice is appreciated.tl;dr: My dad is unemployed, mom is English teacher. Mom hates job because she is overworked, but is afraid to move because she has great medical, is building retirement, and is only breadwinner in financially weak family. Where could she move from or within California and teach without losing medical and retirement?  <response>: If your mothers school district is part of CalPERS, moving to another district that also is part of CalPERS will allow her to keep her health benefits, her own retirement contributions, as well as her years of service for calculating the state-funded part of her pension. 