[Publius Valerius]

She must mean $3/hr for each of the 30 students that she teaches. That would be $90/hr, which works out to 922 hours a year. Considering that most schools are in session 180 days, that’s about five hours a day. If she is only counting actual classroom time, those numbers probably come pretty close to working out.

[God luvs America]

that was my original thinking....the problem is, based on a 40hour work week, 922 hours is just over 23 weeks....makes her sound even more foolish....

[Incorrigible]

Here's a great analysis done by Anitius Severinus Boethius in this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2521445/posts?page=18#18

Hey Rita, since you like math, let's do some math.

At $3 a day per student, you would make $83,000 a year. Now assuming you have 180 school days a year (that is about average), your math would indicate that you have around 153 students a day that go through your classes. That's around 26 students per class in a 6 class day.

Let's do a little math with that assumption. According to Education Week in their Jan 14th, 2010 issue, New Jersey spent $14,308 per pupil in 2007.

Now, with 153 Students going through your classes, we are looking at $2,189,124 in annual spending that you are looking at on a daily basis.

Now if we were to give you, and the other 6 teachers a day, the $83,000 a year that you wanted, that would be $498,000 a year in salaries.

Let's say there are 8 other assistant faculty members and staff members at the school who are paid 2/3 ($55,000) of what you would make out of these students tax worth. That would be another $440,000 in salaries.

Now let's say that half of the money spent on pupils in the State went to capital improvement and administration. That would be $1,094,562.

So: $1,094,562 + $440,000 + $498,000 = $2,032,562

Where is the extra $156,562?

That's 7% unaccounted for even after giving you and every other teacher $3 per pupil per day.

That's, at minimum, $1000 per pupil in missing revenue. And that, again, is after your demanded salary.

In a 6,000 student district, that's $6,000,000 that's ending up in someones pocket.

Here is my conclusion: Stop asking for more money from the State and start asking to see the books of your local district and union. I bet the money you need is just being wasted and embezzled.

Hey Rita, since you like math, let's do some math.

At $3 a day per student, you would make $83,000 a year. Now assuming you have 180 school days a year (that is about average), your math would indicate that you have around 153 students a day that go through your classes. That's around 26 students per class in a 6 class day.

Let's do a little math with that assumption. According to Education Week in their Jan 14th, 2010 issue, New Jersey spent $14,308 per pupil in 2007.

Now, with 153 Students going through your classes, we are looking at $2,189,124 in annual spending that you are looking at on a daily basis.

Now if we were to give you, and the other 6 teachers a day, the $83,000 a year that you wanted, that would be $498,000 a year in salaries.

Let's say there are 8 other assistant faculty members and staff members at the school who are paid 2/3 ($55,000) of what you would make out of these students tax worth. That would be another $440,000 in salaries.

Now let's say that half of the money spent on pupils in the State went to capital improvement and administration. That would be $1,094,562.

So: $1,094,562 + $440,000 + $498,000 = $2,032,562

Where is the extra $156,562?

That's 7% unaccounted for even after giving you and every other teacher $3 per pupil per day.

That's, at minimum, $1000 per pupil in missing revenue. And that, again, is after your demanded salary.

In a 6,000 student district, that's $6,000,000 that's ending up in someones pocket.

Here is my conclusion: Stop asking for more money from the State and start asking to see the books of your local district and union. I bet the money you need is just being wasted and embezzled.