We Stand Corrected...

Earlier, we reported that only 3 SPEA members opted to announce their retirement at the end of this school year prior to the usual spring deadline. Thanks to a fine community member who's watching these things, it was pointed out that 4 other members were reported in the October 12, 2009 school board package.

We were so focused on the annual meeting, that announcement was --simply-- overlooked. There is no other excuse. We'll accept our lashes for incomplete or innaccurate reporting...but we wonder if the school board/district can ever follow a similar path..

Using all 7 retirees, this would effectively remove approximately $ 762,082 (in terms of salary and benefits) from the budget, to be replaced by about $336,000 in new salaries & bennies, a net reduction from the budget of roughly $426,082.

Disclaimer: Because the district will claim our data is completely false, we will provide you all the facts. The staff salaries at retirement are real...taken directly from the school board package. We assumed benefits as 50% of salary, which is a rough approximation. Every individual is different based on their choices for health care coverage. We also assumed a salary of $32,000 for the replacement positions. We'll see what actually happens.

Personnel not through Human Resources Committee – 2009/10 Retirements
Position Title....................Location..........Base Salary
Language Arts Teacher..........High School......$72,478
Family/Consumer Ed. Teacher....High School......$66,866
Kindergarten Teacher...........Royal Oaks.......$79,015

CD Teacher.....................PMMS.............$76,229
Grade 8 Teacher................PMMS.............$80,802
SLD Teacher....................PMMS.............$75,517
Grade 8 Teacher................PMMS.............$57,148