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The Forest For The Trees
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The Forest For The Trees This serves as a perfect example. The vast majority feels that teachers are under paid, which I agree. The majority is willing to more taxes to them better. Now here is where a moment of clear thought and taking the time to educate yourself on the topic would come in handy. I worked hard for my so I am interested in knowing it is not being<b> wasted. </font></b>Here in California we paid 12,600.00 per student last year. Now reason they should be better paid is as to class size, but increased size/students means more of the share. So teachers in over crowded classrooms should get a bigger share due from them. Easy math to me. So let us go to basics, and some is my best guess. 32 in a class. @12,600. ea. $37,200.00 per classroom. Teacher base is about 1/6th of it. 5 , base . 63,000. 3 , retirement and medical. 37,800. 2 , support/electricity water. 25,200. 2 , supplies etc.. 25,200 1 , mi. 12,600. Total $163,800.00 That leaves more then half for the administration and whatever the hell. Oh I am sure I have missed something so let us say the teacher and classroom cost half. That is around 250K per classroom. When I grew up there was classes for each grade, K-6th. So 21 classes/ teachers etc. half that leaves close to 5.25 million dollars for administration and the unseen things for the twenty classes. (Unseen) well I think I stumbled upon the problem. Before I/you more taxes let's shine a light on those unseen things, I have a feeling is not a lack of funds but where they are being placed. And remember to look close to the wall, that is where the rats will be running for cover. |
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4/24/2018 3:49 pm |
You're onto the trail. When you look at the pay difference between the staff and the administration it is mind blowing. The administrators make 3 to 4 times as much as the teachers. I have family members that are teachers. When you hear about how administrators don't hold policy, pass the buck, or don't follow their own rules is makes you angry. They're paid to deal with issues / set standards / etc. and they don't do their job.
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$12,600K @ 32 is over $400K Not all teachers are paid poorly - that's just one of the lies unions tell. In fact some are earning $80K or more. But the real kicker is, as public employees they are going to earn that for life - well after 20-30 years of employment with potential retirement at age 50. This pay and gov benefits is one of the reasons they go into education. The tragedy is our Lotto system (better said Sacto politicians) that was promised to fund education but turned out to be a reason to raid edu funding. Federal Funding is the real reason they refuse to get it right. In 2014, CA received 76.6 Billion in education funding. Look up "Baseline Budgeting" and we begin to see why even Washington will never reduce spending without legislation to force it. A liberal Congress created laws to mandate a 7% increase every year making all the talk of spending reductions nothing more than government propaganda and lies.  ps: wanna talk sometime because I can keeping reading this blog w/o responding 
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