[VOA]

The district sent out a mailing that stated that the *average* total
compensation for teachers in our district is a little over $88,000.

There are science PhDs slaving away day-and-night as labrats for maybe
2-5 years (postdocts) for as little as $25K (and crap benefits).

That just shows you what some smart people will put up with in order to
avoid mixing with the likes of these teacher-union types.
And all the associated Bravo Sierra that clings to public schools these days.

My suggestion: next time there is a candle-light vigil by the unionists...
get LOTS of concerned parents to show up with signs protesting how
the union is obviously "NOT for the children".

Tell the parents to go in disguise so the goons don't mark down
their kids' grades.

[letsgonova19087]

We're already on that. The story on the local news just aired...not unexpectantly, it was completely one-sided. Me and several others have already sent off e-mails complaining about the blatant bias in the story and called for a followup that points out the grossly inflated salaries. The union clearly won a PR victory, but hopefully we can make it their last. If anyone wants to volunteer to send off a complaint e-mail to the local network, let me know and I'll provide you with some information.

From everything I've found, it looks like our average is almost double the national average. That's just greed.