Janesville school board members review list of highly paid employees
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The Janesville School Board has a packet of information about school district employees--excluding top administrators--who make more than $75,000 in wages and benefits.
Commissioner Tim Cullen says he was curious to know who didn't have daily contact with students and was compensated more than $75,000. Cullen says it isn't the position of the board to cut a specific position, but to give policy direction to the administration to cut a certain amount of dollars. Cullen says when he wrote his request he didn't intend to include teachers on the list.
Nearly 360 teachers make more than $75,000 in wages and benefits.
Jul 11, 2008 at 1:50 a.m.
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I think we need to look at, not just other districts, but the amount folks in other industry with equal education get paid.
Jul 9, 2008 at 4:01 p.m.
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And don't forget the Catch-22 angle...
Teachers are expected to continually upgrade their teaching skills and impart the latest and greatest methods they obtain through taking additional classes, seminars, etc. (Often paid out of their own pocket and taken during their personal time.) To not do so usually results in poor reviews from Administration. Enough bad reviews and the teacher's contract may not be renewed. It definitely behooves them to keep bettering their skill sets. However, the pay scale is often tied to number of credits earned and/or if they've earned their Masters Degree. Their additional education results in higher wages. What a concept. I do not begrudge teachers one penny. They are truly underpaid for the impact they make on future generations.
Jul 8, 2008 at 10:48 p.m.
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billnewbie- the article refers to total benefits. It is not just salary alone. Say for instance there are three teachers with identical years of experience and education. There salaries are identical at, lets say $45,000 each. Now, two are married and have a family on one is single. One married one with a family draws from the family health insurance plan offered by the district, the other married one does not because his/her spouse has insurance, and the single teacher draws from the districts single health insurance plan. Along with the state retirement benefit, only the teacher drawing on the family health insurance plan would equal up to the $75,000 in compensation of wages and benefits. Again as I have stated in the past, billnewbie, don't post your ignorance if you do not have a full understanding of how things actually work out.
Jul 8, 2008 at 3:20 p.m.
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billnewbie, the critical piece of information for teacher salaries is not whether it compares to (for instance) your salary, or even last year's salary, but how it compares to the salaries in other districts. Obviously we could hold the line on salaries, but then we would gradually lose the better teachers, and fail to attract new ones.
Jul 8, 2008 at 9:29 a.m.
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Here is a link to a database which posts public education salaries.
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dl...
Jul 7, 2008 at 8:21 p.m.
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And I thought from all the teachers postings during the contract impasse that teachers were struggling along at a lot less than that. I'll just have to save this little tidbit of information for when the whining starts up again after their contract expires.
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