School Funding

swOH: Get real- in the private sector there would be one spokeman for a Fortune 500 company making $Bb in revenue, not every damn district in the state having a mouthpiece. The President's communications spokes person under Bush made about $94,000. You are missing the point: take this needless position which has gone away, but district trying to bring her back in a 'new and improved' capacity and you multiply that role times how many districts? Needless overhead.

C'mon swohio75! Good Lord! The woman says two or three lines every other month in the newspaper, is paid over $60 grand (ok- $98 thou with bennies and perks) a year to do so and you have the audacity to make her title appear to be something worthy of that amount with your "experienced communications/community relations professional"...... Face it, she's nothing more than a glorified, overpaid speaker, reading from a scripted sheet of paper and reading what she is told to read. Professional? Hardly. No special skill needed here but the skill to read simple words. You are over dramatizing the position and it's importance....not to mention she gets paid more than skilled people in various disciplines who produce meaningful results that actually matter.


$66,127 is still too much for what the position appears to contribute, middletownscouter.

Good lord, how dead does the horse have to be, before you stop beating it? We announced months ago that Ms. Alberico's position was being eliminated as of the end of this school year (June 30), and her duties (which I have previously described on this site and which are composed of much more than you acknowledge) will be assigned to the remaining central office administrators.  She has not been hired back for another position.

Sounds like a respectable contract, in light of the other 3 year deals I've read about in other districts. 

Vet,

TonyB....

"What you continue to say is that the free ride for public employees is over and I continue to point out that they didn't have a free ride".

IT IS A FACT THAT IN THE PAST, UNION MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED HIGHER PAY AND HAVE HAD MORE OF THEIR BENEFITS PAID FOR BY THE COMPANY THAN NON-UNION PEOPLE. WHEN MAKING THIS COMPARISON, YES, THE UNION PEOPLE HAVE HAD SORT OF A FREE RIDE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ENJOYED MORE PAY AND PAID-FOR BENEFITS.

"They spent years in school to qualify for the positions they got and have to spend more money for continuing their education and qualifications."

WHAT? AND NON-UNION PEOPLE HAVE NOT SPENT YEARS IN SCHOOL TO QUALIFY FOR THE POSITIONS THEY GOT AND HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY FOR CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATIONS TO WORK THEIR WAY UP THE LADDER? OF COURSE THEY DO TONY. BOTH SECTORS MUST DO THIS TO GIVE THEMSELVES MORE OF A CHANGE FOR A PROMOTION.

"What you continue to miss is that unions raise the bar for all employees. The advances that unions make do translate into the private sector".

IF THOSE SO-CALLED ADVANCES THAT UNIONS PROVIDE FOR ALL WORKERS IS TRUE, WHY, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IS THE NON-UNION COMPANY WORKER MAKING A GOOD $10-15 LESS PER HOUR THAN THE UNION WORKER? WHY ARE MOST JOBS OFFERED BY EMPLOYERS NOWADAYS IN THE $7 TO $10 PER HOUR RANGE AND NO BENEFITS OFFERED? WHY HAS THE NON-UNION WORKER BEEN ASKED FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS TO PAY MORE OUT THE PAYCHECK TO HELP THE EMPLOYER PAY THE BENEFIT PREMIUMS AND THE UNION PEOPLE ARE JUST NOW BEING ASKED TO DO THE SAME THING?


"If you haven't caught on, the only people taking cuts in pay are the people who do the WORK"!!!

TONY....I'VE CAUGHT ON. I'M INCLUDED IN THE WORKING CLASS IN THE ORGANIZATION. FOR OVER 40 YEARS I HAVE "CAUGHT ON" ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORKPLACE. NOT A ROOKIE HERE.

Vet,

Ms Andrew,Every little bit helps.We taxpayers pay a hell  of alot more.Everytime the district wants more you come with your hands out. Be understandable if we actually seen progress in the district. Teachers are taking a cut why not donate your $125 back to the district? Remember its for the kids?

You're really going to make an issue of a few thousand dollars for all the time the BOE members put in?  Really?  So if ALL of them skipped these payments the MCSD could save, what, ONE hall monitor?

My issue isn't what the board gets paid or how much time they put in or don't put in.....my issue is that no matter what the question, the answer is never the same.....and if it is, you can't believe it anyway.

Also, go talk to that one hall monitor or one aide or one library manager who are now filing for unemployment....

Mrs. Andrews and Mr. Barille - I am one of the library managers who lost her job after 15 years with Middletown City Schools.  I didn't make much money, less than $30,000.00 a year but I loved my job and I loved those kids.  I went above and beyond, as did all the library managers who were let go.  We all did the jobs of certified librarians who make over $60,000.00 a year.  

When we were all laid off, I personally wrote a letter to the superintendent and the school board members and Mrs. Andrews wrote me back and told me that every penny counted towards "trimming the fat" so I should quit complaining about losing my job, not take it personally and move on.  So, I personally take offense to her comments that the amount the board is paid won't make a difference especially when I had to apply for unemployment today.

Well alright Ms. Andrew!!! I knew with a little prodding, you would see it my way. Kinda of a satisfying feeling knowing you are on the winning side, right?