Posted on 04/19/2009 9:37:45 AM PDT by lowbridge
The statewide debate over teacher salaries is escalating, as an Albany-based think tank has publicly posted names and total wages of nearly 2,500 employees in two of Long Island's highest-paying school systems.
One surprise for think-tank analysts was that two Central Islip teachers last school year earned more than $200,000 each in base salaries and other compensation. Many teachers get extra pay for coaching and advising student clubs, and those who retire usually get payouts for unused sick days as well.
"You're talking big money beyond the base rate, and that's sort of surprising for a teacher," said Tim Hoefer, a spokesman for the Empire Center for New York State Policy, the conservative think tank that posted the pay data.
One of those teachers, who has taught science in Central Islip since 1967, told Newsday the new postings don't reflect the extra hours he put into coaching and other extracurricular activities. In addition to his teaching salary last year of $146,587, he also received $55,455 in stipends for coaching three swim teams and supervising a summer Learn to Swim Program.
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Central Islip is pretty much a crappy school district.
I am sure, however, members of the teachers union are training the students there to be good little marxist b@$t@rd$.
And to top it off; Central Islip is a lousy school district.
She gets an embarrassed grin if you bring it up to her. I guess deep down even the teachers know the racket they are in.
I live in Long Island. The Central Island district is third rate, yet massively taxed. I guarantee you that there are districts with far higher salaries.
No one afford the damn taxes anymore. Anyone productive is shedding their tears, saying good bye, and moving to North Carolina, Texas, etc.
for later
Correction....(and I really mean it this time)
You live ON Long Island.....you live IN Central Islip, Smithtown etc.
I live in Brookhaven township. Our district is not as bad, only Second rate, and my kids did well there, but that was because of the wife and I (mostly the wife). We pay premium taxes for a district that is more concerned with being PC and teaching kids to be good little socialists rather than teaching them the 3 R’s.
Sorry about the correction. I cringe when I hear “...in Long Island”.
Au contrare their are lots of people in Long Island. I have lots of relatives in Long Island. There are also lots of Indians oops native Americans in Long Island. They are all pushing up daisy’s and voting demonrat forever.
LOL, you are right, oops I meant correct.
Well, I’m going to provide the necessary disclaimer and say that of course teachers have a very difficult job and quite often they aren’t paid well. I’m also going to say that I taught at the elementary level for a short time.
Now I’ll say this: Yes, the job is hard, but everybody’s job is hard. There’s overtime required for grading papers, etc. But the school day is only about 6 hours max, and that often includes time set aside for class prep. And the school year is only 9-10 months long with many days off for holidays and in-service. Most contracts are very generous, with more than adequate sick days thrown in, and, of course, tenure is a big perk.
The truth is that the job is not always as demanding as many teachers indicate. Although of course conditions are getting worse, with gangs and violence and the courts always weighing in on “students’ rights.” Many of the best teachers are leaving the classroom.
It would be great to get our education system out of the hands of the NEW and AFT. Then good teachers could really teach and other qualified professionals could sign up without all the certification nonsense.
I’m not in favor of posting personal information like this story does, but I’m glad the salary data is available. Maybe we can start to look at this issue in a realistic way.
Boy I'd like a job like that.
Another thing,These towns and cities build these monuments to education and all they're putting out is a bunch of dummies.Each graduating class seems dumber than the last one at least according to some of the statistics I’ve seen distributed by the boards of education.
Oh, but they're brimming with self-esteem, unquestioningly embrace diversity, and can roll a condom onto a banana, so by Democratic standards they're all geniuses.
I want $150K for 185 days of work per year, too.
And I get home before 3PM.
Summers off. Not to mention ever freekin’ holiday on the calendar.
Right! With data like this, it’s going to be hard for the unions to keep saying they’re underpayed.
BTW: Yeah, you have great districts in places like Great Neck, Dix Hills, and Roslyn, but most districts on LI are mediocre (most of the South Shore) or worse (Islip included here), yet the AFT goons still get six figures for babysitting in these districts.
Make that NEA, not NEW....can’t type!
Well, I live in Great Neck, you can’t beat the schools here.
What racket is that, does she not have the right to make all she can. A good teacher is worth as much as any AIG executive, pay her a million.
That is why nobody in the tonier districts in New Jersey complains about having to fork over money due to the Abbot Law (whereby property taxes in Chatham and Westfield go to Newark and Elizabeth). Of course, when they move to North Carolina and Florida due to lower property taxes, they then whine when they find out that districts are at the county level and they can't prevent bussing.
I think I'll stay in NYC for now. I don't have kids, however, so my perspective is what it is.
btw...the Farsi invasion and influence hit its hi-water mark fifteen years ago. Now it's, as you said, Koreans (love those guys), Chinese and what we call Hindians.
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