Last week, I wrote a little about a citizens group looking at Crystal Lake High School District 155. It’s been a long time since any taxpayers have taken such a look.
The new group calls itself GAND (for Grafton, Algonquin, Nunda, Dorr Townships) Community Advocates.
One of its leaders, Chris Williams, wrote the following comment under an editorial endorsing State Rep. Jack Franks’ call for an end to legislative pensions.
In the comment section is the following comment from Chris Williams about Crystal Lake High School District 155:
I am glad that our public pensions are getting the attention that they deserve. Please let me invite your attention to the public salaries that we pay through our property taxes which many of us appeal to address the effect not the cause. Here’s an example (Crystal Lake D155):
- The average full-time teacher compensation is $98,543 range from 43,903 to $180,979 with 40%+ at $100,000+ contrasted to the average median household income of $94,287 where 69% are dual income households; source: www.isbe.state.il.us.
- The total administration compensation for the 25 administrators is $4,081,432 with the average $163,257 range from $138,396 to $250,326.
- The D155 contributes 9.8% to pension and 100% healthcare premium; avg./headcount for teachers $16,500 and administrators $28,500 (source: www.isbe.state.il.us).
Williams can be reached at gandca@comcast.net.
The pay and benefits these school district employees receive is unbelievable. Those employees, both administrators and teachers, that are able to retire better do it soon. With all of the attention to the outrageous personnel costs, I hope the hammer falls soon and they get what they deserve.
OK teachers, lets hear why you should be paid these costly salary and benefit packages for working 7 or 8 months a year. These school district jobs are no more stressful or important than many jobs that only pay half of these salary and benefit packages.
The fact D155 contributes 100% toward the healthcare premium is just plain crazy. School district board members are just afraid to stand up against these employees. Depending on how you look at the issue they may actually be the guilty party.
Teachers Unions still have the ability to strike. Some outspoken, not affiliated with the Education Industry school board members do disagree with the contracts or major portions of the contracts, however, if they are outvoted that’s the way it goes in political world.
Strikes end up making parents upset because their kids aren’t in school and they need expensive sitters to cover the kids when parents are working. Students in high school have certain tests to take and arrangements to make for college – strikes have an impact there.
It’s not about all board members being afraid to stand up to employees/unions, it’s about the strike option and what little can be done by the board / District if a strike is called.
QUOTE: “The average full-time teacher compensation is $98,543 range from 43,903 to $180,979 with 40%+ at $100,000+ contrasted to the average median household income of $94,287 where 69% are dual income households; source: http://www.isbe.state.il.us.”
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