Someone claiming to be MN State Senator Grant Hauschild posted this on TWitter yesterday:
This must be a Russian hoax. Hauschild,and the rest of the DFL caucus in the legislature, to say nothing of the Flanagan/Klink Administration, spent the whole first half of summer high-fiving each other over “fully funding education” (in between selfies of grinning legislators stuffing donuts and corn dogs in each others mouths).
Now, they never, not once, explained what that meant.
For that matter, the term has vanished from the DFL’s chanting points since about Bastille Day.
Weird.
A cynic might suggest that the plan is to spend on everything but students and teachers – because, well, new gold-plated school buildings and hoards of administrators (read union dues) is where the power and influence is.
Note:
The average Entry Level Teacher salary in Minnesota is $44,383,
The average Retired Teacher salary in Minnesota is $81,210.
The average School Administrator salary in Minnesota is $86,747.
The average School Superintendent salary in Minnesota is $180,628
The formula has been obvious from the jump. Do you personally have any disposable income left? Do you have any savings? If so, you can’t reasonably claim you’re fully funding education. Fork over the money, peasant.
The legislature passed funding bills to give money to each school district but the school district doesn’t have to give that money to the teachers. The union must negotiate for it. And if they negotiate a higher amount than was budgeted, well then, there’s a funding crisis which the legislature must address to the next session, despite heartless Republicans who hate children. Yes, it’s a vicious cycle. No, it’s not a mistake. It’s a feature, not a bug.
What a wh**e. So what is the school district going to get for continuing to feed this insatiable maw? More demands next year, certainly nothing for the children.
By the way Greg those salary figures don’t include all the benefits teachers get -health, dental, etc. So the annual salaries are way more. And don’t forget, they get all summers off, 2 weeks at Christmas, 1 week for ‘spring’ break, 2 days for MEA and usually a few days off each month. It’s a very good life. Most teachers I knew had cabins up north and would spend all summer up in northern MN or WI. My father and stepmother would go to Europe every summer for a month or so. So do I feel sorry for them . Heck no.
Greg and Betty: Don’t forget pensions. After they retire, they still get paid, a constant sum per week/month for life, usually a percentage of their HIGHEST income ever, no matter how the stock market performs. We mere mortals with private sector 401(k)s don’t get any more money added to the pot once we retire. Change jobs and receive a lower salary? Tough luck. No consideration to your previously higher salary is given when doing defined contributions. Not only is our lump sum held at the whim of the market, if they had their way, the left would tax (if not outright conscript) all of our retirement savings disbursements for life as well. Ain’t no way in hell any union pension will ever be “taxed” as income.
Oh, those supporters of the teachers are SO SMART, some of them are out there in 9F weather with no socks and light shoes on. I bet they’ve got some dynamite lessons on the hazards of frostbite!
Or do they need more money to buy some $15 wool socks to go along with their $300 coats? The woman’s blue coat is a Wintergreen fleece that retails for $319, and I’m guessing the woman in the tan coat with no socks is wearing a coat of similar price.
^ How do you know that once the cameras were turned off that they didn’t go home to warm up with some hot chocolate?
And let’s not forget that with those salaries and benefits, they do a generally lousy job teaching what they’re supposed to. So bad, that people are taking their kids out of mainstream public schools and to be taught in charter schools or at home.
Betty;
Good call on the days off.
My neighbor has two kids in high school. Bloomington and several other Minnesota school districts, were off all week last week. There is an elementary school right up the street from me and the only vehicles in the lot were the two maintenance guys.
My neighbor tells me that with all of the “school holidays” during the school year, the propaganda spreaders actually only work 7 months. What a great gig!
Boss,
My daughter is a high school English teacher in a school district in Colorado. They work 4 days a week. Neat gig huh!!!!! I think that is where the schools are going.