Posted on 04/18/2005 11:11:50 AM PDT by JZelle
The former interim superintendent for D.C. Public Schools will receive a $50,077-a-year pay raise for a new school system position created for him, financial documents show. Robert C. Rice last year earned a $124,923 salary as the school system's assistant superintendent for standards and curriculum and acting chief academic officer, records show. When he was promoted to interim superintendent for five months last year, his salary rose to $175,000 a year. Mr. Rice stepped down from the interim job in September, but pay documents show he is still receiving his interim salary as a "special assistant to the superintendent" -- a position created for him. The newly created job makes Mr. Rice one of the highest-paid employees in the school system and in city government.
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Learning the tricks from Martin Luther King's family, eh?
It's the same kind of monkey business here in Atlanta. One does not get a job within the public school based on merit around here. One gets a job within the public school system based on (1) the color of your skin must be brown or black and (2) who you know.
The Dimocrats in DC get exactly what they deserve. Any group of people that would vote for Marion Barry types deserve whatever screwing they get.
"special assistant to the superintendent" -- a position created for him"
Yep, political tricks at work here.
Yeah, but student performance went down. That ought to count for something! Ya'll are just picking on him because he is black (I assume).
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