[calex59]

Well, I, for one, do not begrudge mechanics, dock workers or autoworkers whatever they can get from their employers, that is between them and the employer and I think anyone who is not an employer, or worker, of one of the groups mentioned who bitches about their wages are jerks.

However, I am the one, along with every other taxpayer in the US, that is paying the teachers salary and I am not satisfied with the results for the money paid out. Not only do I get pissed about their salary and the poor job performance that I am paying for in regards to teachers, I get extremely burned about the administrators in schools systems that rip the taxpayer even more than the teachers do. The whole public school system sucks, and I, and every other taxpayer, have a perfect right to complain and to do something about it.

[T. P. Pole]

However, I am the one, along with every other taxpayer in the US, that is paying the teachers salary and I am not satisfied with the results for the money paid out. Not only do I get pissed about their salary and the poor job performance that I am paying for in regards to teachers, I get extremely burned about the administrators in schools systems that rip the taxpayer even more than the teachers do. The whole public school system sucks, and I, and every other taxpayer, have a perfect right to complain and to do something about it.

Amen

[gakrak]

I feel much as you do and in addition, I really get bent when I hear the winning about underfunding. The Rochester NY school district averages $18,000 per student and are always in deficit. The surrounding towns pay between $14,000 and $17,000 per student. The 90+% of all of this goes to labor, admin, pensions and health care (100% paid for). They sued the state and want another 5 to 6 billion a year for this failing system. Amen.