tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post6256155763182360641..comments2023-10-23T15:59:33.310-04:00Comments on The Newsless Courier: Raise CCSD Board of Trustees' Pay Gradually for FutureBabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11152952119296267993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-90557973385745431892014-01-06T15:10:32.463-05:002014-01-06T15:10:32.463-05:00It's all in the presentation. The way the Char...It's all in the presentation. The way the Charleston paper put it, the difference is between $25 per meeting for Charleston school board chairman and $750 per month for the same job in Dorchester 2. It would look a lot different if the article had said $1,250 per year in Charleston and $9,000 per year in Dorchester. No one bothered to say Dorchester 2 is a lot smaller than Charleston. <br /><br />So before we jump to the idea that we get what we pay for, consider that Charleston pays its superintendent almost $100,000 a year more than what the Dorchester 2 superintendent gets. Which district has better school? <br /><br />If the size of the job mattered, Charleston school board members should receive at least as much as their counterparts are paid in Dorchester and Berkeley Counties. Maybe the reason for the difference is because school boards in the neighboring counties really do oversee their superintendents and Charleston's school board doesn't. Even at $25 per meeting or $1,250 a year, that is a pretty expensive Rubber Stamp. <br /><br />Until Charleston school board members are held accountable for the superintendent’s actual job performance (not the grade she gives herself), the chump change they are currently receiving may still be too much.<br />ST. ANDREWS PARENTnoreply@blogger.com