Public schools breaking the backs of taxpayers

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Submitted by steve m. (United States), May 18, 2010 18:32

Up in Eastchester, Westchester, where I live, we have public school teachers who earn up to $160,000 annually and administrators who earn nearly double that. The superintendent tells us we are doing well because she convinced the teacher's union to forgo half their annual raise - in exchange for an agreement of no more negotiations for two years.

70% of the school budget is salaries and associated payments. This is why there's a strong movement to reject the budget in tonight's vote.

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