It Pays to Administer in Jefferson County
An interesting note on setting priorities in education:
While government administrations around the state are tightening budgets, Jefferson County Public Schools are no exception.
Superintendent Sheldon Berman says the district is facing a $45 million shortfall and has proposed $35 million of reductions and using $10 million of reserve funding to make up the rest.
One thing that he hasn't considered is reductions in administrative salaries.
Superintendent Sheldon Berman has opposed cutting administrative salaries unless they are part of a districtwide pay cut. Instead, he has proposed $35 million of spending reductions for the 2009-10 school year.
Earlier this year, Governor Beshear announced that he and a couple of other top staff would symbolically reduce their salaries by 10%. It seems that most administrators in JCPS make as much as the Governor:
The district's 175 administrators represent a bit more than 1 percent of its 13,800 full-time employees, Hardin said.
Of those administrators, 124 make more than $100,000, 24 make $90,000 to $100,000 and 27 earn less than $90,000.
Nearly 75% of the administrators are in the salary range of the Governor. Perhaps they could show some symbolism too.
