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mom2aidan
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Re: School budgets - it's that time
Posted by VickiC
I agree - I don't think it's teacher's salaries that any of us have a problem with.
Quite honestly, I have a HUGE problem with the amount of administrators, superintendents, deputy supers, etc. that there are. Do we really need all these people? No! Cut some of that fat and maybe I wouldn't vote down my school budget every year.
The administrators get paid $$$ but many districts are also paying a FORTUNE for outside consultants to come in and provide "staff development".
Our hands are tied to a certain point. I don't think my salary is exorbitant - and I've voiced my opinion about the administrators and the consultants but no one LISTENS to us. We don't get a vote for the budget and the school board - forget it.
You need to go to your schoolboard meetings and tell them how you feel. They'll listen to the community - not to the teachers.
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Re: School budgets - it's that time
Posted by jenheartsrob
I didn't read the entire thread, so forgive me if this has been posted, but I just wanted to share something --
if your district goes to austerity budget, meaning that the district votes down the proposed budget, it is an automatic 4% increase, and sports, etc., will get cut. In our district, for example, the proposed budget increase is 3.4%. If people vote that down, we automatically get a 4% increase, so there's NO reason to vote that down. I was discussing this with my parents the other night and they had no idea about it and said they wish the districts would educate the communities a little more on the ramifications of it being voted down. In a case where the increase is less than 4%, it SHOULD be passed, because the automatic alternative is worse...
Just wanted to share what I recently learned :)
ETA - I'm not sure if it's 4% automatic austerity EVERYWHERE, or just our district, but I'm using this as an example... ask your district what the austerity increase would be before you vote something down :)
Austerity in our district is less than 1% - which is what our budget increase amounts to this year anyway. I teach in westchester.
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| Posted 4/11/09 7:35 PM |
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LadyH
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Re: School budgets - it's that time
Message edited 4/11/2009 10:17:20 PM.
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| Posted 4/11/09 10:15 PM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: School budgets - it's that time
Posted by jenheartsrob
Hi - It depends on the district's negotiated contract as well as how many years you have been teaching. I can only speak for myself, but in our district, once you are teaching 15 years, there is no raise between 15-20 years. I believe the same is true for 10-15, but I can't say for sure.
As for raises that you get for credits, the raise is often only a fraction of the the cost of the credits. The raises for taking 15 credits are typically no more than $1,500, while a 3 credit course costs around $800 (at a minimum, through a teacher center). Before I taught I was under the assumption that there were these awesome bumps once you took credits, but it's not really the case. Also, think about other fields for a moment. In most other fields, your credits would be paid for by the employer, or, if they weren't, the raise would certainly be more substantial.
eta: added in price
Teachers with 15-20 years of experience may not get step increases, but I highly doubt that they don't get any raise at all. I assume teachers on the highest step still get the general wage increase that everyone else gets.
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