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Schiooled in WI - Something that boils my blood

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And it should boil yours..

Education is broken, and there is NO denying it: Freedomain Radio - Schooled in Wisconsin! - Freedomain Radio

Some statistics..

2010 Teacher Actual Wages - Govt wages exposed

Interesting information and they get Doctor’s to write sick leave day’s for them. This is for 9/10 months work????

2010 Teacher Actual Wages - Govt wages exposed

This is accurate

ATTACHED: This is the official excel DPI database of teachers wages by school district. Look up your own district !!!
The current budget repair bill would have them paying about 5.8% towards their own retirement....right now, we the taxpayer, pays 100% of their generous retirement, and most of us pay 100% of our own retirement too.

AVERAGE WAGE AND BENEFITS (remember this is for about 9 months of work)

TEACHERS:

Milwaukee $86,297

Elmbrook $91,065

Germantown $83,818

Hartland Arrwhd $90,285 (highest teacher was $122,952-lowest was $64,942)

Men Falls $81,099

West Bend $82,153

Waukesha $92,902

Sussex $82,956

Mequon $95,297

Kettle Mor $87,676

Muskego $91,341

STAFF:

Arrowhead - Bus Mng - Kopecky - $169,525

Arrowhead - Principal - Wieczorek - $152,519

Grmtwn - Asst Princ - Dave Towers - $123,222

Elmbrk - Burliegh Elemetary - Principal Zahn- $142,315 (for a primary school!!)

Madison - Asst Principal - McGrath - $127,835

UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN STAFF (2009) (salary alone):

Michael Knetter - Prof of Bus - $327,828

Carolyn Martin -Chancellor Mad- $437,000

Hector Deluca - Prof of Nutritional Science - $254,877 (really??)

(source:Madison.com -as the UW removed salaries from being posted online in 2007- why if they are so low?)

How about some other “public servant job” ??? What do they make?

Madison Garbage men (2009) (salary only):

Garbageman, Mr. Nelson earned $159,258 in 2009, including $109,892 in overtime and other pay.

Garbageman, Greg Tatman, who earned $125,598

7 Madison garbage men made over $100,000

30 Madison garbage men made over $70,000

MILWAUKEE CITY BUS DRIVERS (salary only):

136 Drivers made more than $70,000

54 Drivers made more than $80,000

18 Drivers made more than $90,000

8 Drivers made more than $100,000

Top Driver made $117,000

(Source WTMJ)

(The average private bus driver makes $9-13 an hour (about 20,000 yr) with no pension, or healthcare.)

AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE PAYING 100% OF THEIR GENEROUS RETIREMENT ? THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AS THEY DON’T WANT TO PAY 5.8% OF IT THEMSELVES ...REALLY?



This is not a right vs left issue. Everyone should be angry! I urge everyone to watch the video!!!!!!!!!


Tim-
 
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