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Waukesha Teachers Top Out |
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Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
Not our headline, but the Journal's.
"The extent to which you have a higher and higher number of people at the top of your salary schedule, it becomes more expensive."-Jack Bothwell, executive director of human resources for the Waukesha School District.
Easiest way to explain. A 2% increase on $40,000 is $800. A 2% increase on $70,000 is $1,400. The Waukesha School District has 35% of its teaching staff at the top--far exceeding the 10% norm of the county. Additionally teachers have increased their salaries by education credits which counts for thousands of dollars per year per teacher. AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE $21,000+ HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE DOUBLE DIGIT PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS.
"We are concerned with the speed with which people are earning credits and the effectiveness they can have in their classrooms."-Janet Bashirian, president of the Education Association of Waukesha.
WE ARE TOO. Not to mention the program reductions that hurt kids because this costs too much.
Will the union do something to fix this? Wouldn't bet on it. The Waukesha School Board needs to grow a back bone and take the union to arbitration to fix the salary schedule and related contract language and to get insurance concessions as most other districts have gotten.
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