I just went to the open government site and found that the PR person make in excess of S60,000. a year. If this person has an assistant, that is going to be about another 40,000. Do we really need this? I think there is a lot of cutting that could be done without touching the teachers.

Guys face it, you have let... some.... on the BOE run wild, and this is the result. They have bought excess land. Built schools in the middle of no where, sold some of the excess land to developers. I don't think it is even LEGAL that the BOE has become land speculators! You have voted people on the BOE that may be either very greedy or unbalenced, or both.

Hey Sniff, interesting numbers. A couple questions (honest ones, not like a lawyer where I already think I know the answer):

Are these all everyday classroom teachers? Or does it include "floaters" who go around "advising," the curriculum managers and support staff etc.

How many of these added positions were mandated under NCLB class size caps or other non-county rules?

What's your source on these numbers?

thanks

Great question, as some teachers already have full capacity classes. If some of these money saving schemes happen, they'll have even larger classes. Individual teachers will have a harder time managing 30-35 students, so plans are to take away the parapros too. Ya know, you just got to shake your head and wonder!

I am constantly amazed at the officials can foul up, for all the world to see, yet keep their job and come out smelling like a rose. If an employee were to come up with these hairbrained plans that didn't work, wonder how long he'd last. My, my, my!