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Originally Posted by Lov2fish
The problem is not funding (At least not here) it is the districts who stack their employment with administration positions. This is also where teacher raises are approved and allocated, not from the state. Many are not aware of this. I never understood why the teachers protested at the state house. They can't give them a raise, only their district can. All the money thrown at education in this state and kids get dumber. Find the root of the problem and correct it. That is not more tax increases.
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Originally Posted by JAFF
The State last year mandated school corps raise bottom pay scale to $40,000 across the state. Small low population counties / rural school corp are struggling to raise enough revenue. Right now the state of Indiana has a HUGE $$ surplus. Time to invest in the children across the state. BTW, the disparity in pay between large corporations and smaller rural schools creates a system where small schools are constantly losing veteran teachers and now hire new, unexperienced people to fill in. Oh, and it is getting to the point where people without any educational experience are put into classrooms.
The state can get teachers more money. Every school corporation gets some form of state support.
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You are both correct. Here in Tennessee, the more rural areas cannot afford what the metro areas can, so there is a huge salary discrepancy. However, the smaller rural areas do pack their administration with so many people and leaving the classrooms to struggle. Here, we have a school of between 1000 and 1500 kids. We have four guidance counselors, five principals and two instructional coaches. On top of that, we have several supervisors in the Central Office that bring nothing of substance to the classroom. Our county has two high schools, with county elementary and city elementary schools feeding into both. Both city systems have their own central office staff. You could say the county schools are wasting well over $1M in central office salaries and benefits. Do you think the schools would be able to pay teachers better if this were spread out amongst the teachers?