Thursday, July 13, 2006

I always feel like.....somebody's watching me.....

If you live in Vancouver, you're perfectly justified to think so. From the WEA's website:
But Vancouver Education Association leaders note that the district found money to give raises to central office staff and recently hired a new deputy superintendent at a base salary of $130,000. Statewide, Vancouver already is second-highest (in its size class) for the ratio of administrators per teacher, at 1:13. The district spends nearly $3 million more for administrators, paid from local taxes, than the level set by the state. And the current Vancouver School District budget calls for an increase of five more administrators over last year.
1 administrator for every 13 teachers. I can't even begin to imagine what they could possibly all be doing.

Vancouver's teacher association filed an unfair labor practice charge when the district cut two days out of the schedule, meaning the average teacher would lose $500. There's a possibility of job action, which would have sort of a bittersweet irony to it since it was Evergreen School District near Vancouver that had the most famous strikes in state history.

You can read more about the situation here, including their tongue-in-cheek proposal to sell blood to support the schools.

1 Comments:

Blogger "Ms. Cornelius" said...

And as Rockwell now does his Michael Jackson impersonation in my head (thank SO much!)-- I will cry: " Teacher:admin ratio of 13:1!
I thin perhaps the director of personnel could be outsourced, if the only response he can come up with is basically "That's not fair!"

12:23 PM  

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