Newps wrote:
A year ago December the teachers in our district went on strike for
better pay and benefits. The conventional wisdom is that your typical
public school teacher is lucky to make $30K after many hard years of
teaching. Since teachers salaries are a matter of public record a full
page ad was taken out in the Sunday paper the first weekend of the
strike. Every teacher in the school district was listed, by name, and
how much they made for that current school year. Turns out the average
teacher salary is $41.5 here with 25-30% of the teachers making more
than $50K per year. Starting pay was mid $20's. You could literally
see the support for the teachers evaporate on that Sunday. A settlement
was reached shortly there after. A teacher strike will not ever happen
here again.

Did the teachers then post the salaries of the administration personnel?
That would be very eye opening...

Even the salaries you list above are way below the average in my area
for jobs that require a master's degree. Maybe they are competitive in
your area, but they wouldn't be in PA or NY. Skilled labor in our area
make in the 40s and that is with no college education at all. The must
complete an apprenticeship, but this is paid, they aren't paying for it.

Matt