3 Responses to “3.3 ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES”

1. Sandy says:

   July 21, 2010 at 11:13 pm

   The salary is only the tip of the iceberg. Many of these administrators (and some teachers) are double dipping.

   The benefit packages are outrageous with health (some districts are now paying for a “health savings account”)
   plans that cover dental and eye, most boards give a large
   “bonus” (in addition to the salary) for the superintendent to perform his job, some districts provide a car with insurance and fuel, life insurance, annuities, “Y” memberships, double retirement packages, time off to speak or “consult” in other districts, travel around the country and sometimes the world, credit cards for travel and meal expenses and on and on.

   The only way to obtain a true picture of the spending and salaries is to request: W2 reports, credit card statements, contracts, supplemental contracts and other financial reports. You can even get the check register to see how much they compensate employees. These are all public information and they have to give them to you.

   It is also important to calulate the exact number of days and hours the teachers actually work. Some districts have as many as 14 sick days and 10 personal days. Some may have more. They are allowed to accumulate many of these days, but many take them. Most districts have at least a 30% absentee rate that requires that many subs. This means we are paying twice for the same position and the children are suffering from lack of continuity in their studies. At any rate they are working around seven months total. Compare this to the taxpayer that is working longer hours, year round with two weeks for vacation. I, personally, am sick and tired of their bullying and whining.

   I would also like to say that Michael Clark of the Enquirer usually paints a rosey picture of anything going on in the districts. He has family “involved” in education and I have never read anything other than glorious reports about the
   various districts. You should note that his name was not on the articles that ran state-wide regarding the “double-dipping” and “pension” crisis in Ohio and other states. He seems to perform little to no research for his articles. He puts out the latest scenario expressed by the superintendent. I have seen some districts hand out a written statement to the press. Makes life easier for the “reporter.”
2. Administrator says:

   February 3, 2010 at 2:22 pm

   Middletown picks new school chief.
   MIDDLETOWN – A Kansas educator will become superintendent of Middletown City Schools on April 5.
   Greg Rasmussen will earn an annual salary of $130,000.
   Rasmussen is in his fifth year as an assistant superintendent in Wichita schools, the largest district in the state.
   Rasmussen was one of seven candidates interviewed from a pool of 60 applicants.
   Enquirer 2/3/2010

   SYCAMORE SUPERINTENDENT annual salary is $153,500.
3. propertyowner333 says:

   August 12, 2009 at 8:59 am

   The August 12, 2009 Enquirer reports the Mason School District is “freezing administrators pay for the 2009-10 school year.” Sycamore, on the other hand, just keeps rolling up the expenses by raising its excessive administrative salaries.