The Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park school boards recently approved 2010-11 salaries for administrators and other groups.
In Mt. Lebanon, the average salary increase for administrators was 3 percent. Seven administrators earn salaries over $100,000, with Assistant Superintendent Deborah Allen the highest paid at $130,806. The board has not yet voted on the superintendent's salary
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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I don't begrudge our administrators a good salary. I do think you get what you pay for. However, I am concerned that at Markham we couldn't afford to keep our third 2nd grade teacher, so now we have class sizes of 23 and 24, while administrators are getting fantastic salaries and our taxes are going up. . .
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Meredyth Glass
We were told at Foster that a class size of 51 was the absolute minimum for splitting into three sections, disappointing many parents (including us!). My children loved their classes of fewer than 20 students while it lasted. And yet we are fortunate to be able to keep our class size below 25 - many school districts across the country do not.
ReplyDeleteMmmm, wonder how many tax payers are getting a salary increase this year?
ReplyDeleteCharlie Forquer, don't you know that the administration is recession proof? I guess that is why a whopping 10.5% tax increase isn't so whopping to them. I remember sitting at a school board meeting where it was suggested to cut $1000 from the kindergarten. That is shameful. It is time for the administration to consider retirement. The school board majority should consider "retirement" for giving them a 3 percent increase. They are fiscally irresponsible. It will be interesting to see what the teachers' contract will be.
ReplyDeleteElaine Gillen
I should mention that Dale Ostergaard was the only school board member who voted against the increase. James Fraasch and Elaine Cappucci were absent, so the vote was 6 to 1 for the 3% increase.
ReplyDeleteElaine Gillen
Maybe we should think about structuring pay increases so that any pay increases are proportional to budget savings? For example, we can increase their pay by $10,000 per year for every $1MM in savings from the district budget provided that they continue to meet their remaining scorecard goals for maintaining a level of district educational achievement - that is, if anyone is ever held accountable for anything up there?
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