Let’s say 100 teachers meet this goal.
Let’s say the CTS is the promised prize.
Let’s price a CTS at 40 grand.
Let me see — $40,000 times 100 teachers?
That’s $4 million freaking semollians!
And this from a school district with less than half a million in reserve funds.
In other words, the ONLY way Larry could pay for this would be to hike property taxes well past the rollback rate. And, I’m sure Lancaster voters would swat that idea down by a bigger margin than they did with Larry’s last bond issue. They surely will not vote to give teachers something extra for what is expected of people at work.
First, Larry apparently can’t do math on a 30-day advance notice calculation on his calendar to get a four-day school week approved by the state.
Now, he can’t do math on district funds and budgeting.
1 comment:
Have you ever stopped to wonder why we have a teacher shortage or why teachers don't want to go to work? Many teachers give up before the 5th year due to undisciplined children, pushy parents, a never-ending day and low salary. I stayed for 20 years and my ending salary was 41,000. If we are not going to pay teachers, why not give them a cadillac?
In reality this does sound ridiculous, and I do not believe this to be a solution, but we must address why teachers are so stressed and unhappy in their classrooms. In general most teachers are loyal individuals that love kids. We need to keep our qualified teachers.
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