3,500 - 700 = -$5,000,000

Student activism lives, per this piece from KOMO News in Seattle:

SHORELINE - Students in Shoreline walked out Tuesday morning, protesting budget cuts that could mean layoffs for teachers and staff.

About 300 students from Shorewood High School wrote letters telling the school board and administrators what they want and hand delivered them to them.

The Shoreline School District is $5 million over budget after hired consultants found the district estimated they had 3,500 vocational students, but turns out they only had 700.

More students meant more money, so the district thought it had millions more than it actually did.

Some 45 teaching jobs, nurses, security, and the students' beloved activity coordinator Larry Stewart's job are on the line to make up for that mistake, and students don't think they should pay.

"We want to make sure that the board knows that the things that are important to us are being heard," said student Chase Parker.

"Teachers shouldn't be cut," added student Sabrina Boyle. "And administrators need to see that three superintendents is absurd. $160,000 a year could pay for two teaching jobs, not just one superintendent job."

If you have a high-speed connection you can watch the piece as aired on TV; it's a good one.

Using the numbers that the Evergreen Freedom Foundation puts out, there are 11 people in the Shoreline School District making more than $100,000 per year:

• Superintendent: $166,841
  
• Director of Human Resources: $103,443
  
• Director of Student Services: $108,445
  
• Director of Community Relations and District Services: $111,443
  
• Associate (and now Acting) Superintendent: $117,484
  
• Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: $105,222
  

Interestingly, 5 of the names that the EFF lists aren't listed on the district's website, though one of them has since left the district. Either the EFF is using bad data or the district's website doesn't give the full roster of the district; I'd be curious to know which way it is.