Superintendents' Pay

C'mon! The majority of school district superintendents in the county make more money than the governor???? And some people try to justify/rationalize that by saying silly things like "They are CEOs of organizations with hundreds and thousands of employees???????" Well, what about the governor? Can we add Cabinet heads in DC? How long can we make this list to shoot down that argument?

First, I don't blame the supers one bit for taking this money. Of course, if it is really "all about the kids," well, then.... But if a school board/district is going to offer and pay the money, I have no problem with a super taking it. He didn't steal it or give himself/herself the amount. But....

Let's get real serious. Does anyone really argue that the schools are better now than they were 10, 20, 30 years ago? (Now's not the time to argue why, just that they really aren't. The only ones who believe that are either in la-la land or have an agenda, e.g., can make money.) So, if people clamor(ed) against the corporate CEOs for what they are(were) earning, where is their concern here? And, I still maintain, most of them don't have real college degrees and, if we pay on the basis of advanced degrees, they certainly don't fit the bill. I would also suspect that most of them, like most administrators, were not particularly good teachers, but merely played the games required to become administrators and, ultimately, supers.

So, great for the supers and not so great for others. But, again, nobody cares. Hey, the Lions won! And DWTS is on again tonight! When does Am Idol start up?