Huge Compensation Imbalance
The study results of an Ohio public k-12 school district that operates under the 1983 Collective Bargaining law included the following sections.
1 Total Sycamore Expenditures FY10 School Year
2 Teacher Salaries: 2009-2010 School Year
3 Public-Private Sector Pay Gap
4 Sycamore Wage/COLA Increase Comparison
5 Types of Wage Increases
6 Actual Teacher Increase
7 Top and Bottom of Wage Scale Comparsion
8 Master Degree: Extra Pay; Value
9 Senority Value
10 Benefits
11 Cost (expenditure) per pupil comparison Sycamore $14,733
The February, 2011 study was sent to each board member (Adamec, Richter, Mercurio, Stauback and Cole) via email. Only one, Mercurio, reviewed the study results in-person with the author. Two indicated that they already knew the information.
Note:
Ohio’s new collective bargaining law, Senate Bill 5, passed March 30, 2011.
So, overtime we’ll see if the Sycamore spending curve moderates. And, we’ll see if the Sycamore board’s subsequent decisions actually results in greater productivity and efficiency.
