[geeks] Teachers

[Dr. Robert Pasken]

On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 08:59, Hicheal Morton wrote:
> On 9/5/07, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > >From: Dr Robert Pasken <rpasken at eas.slu.edu>
> > >Date: 2007/09/05 Wed AM 06:35:25 CDT
> > >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [geeks] Goodbye, I guess
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >Let's not forget that teachers salaries are reported as if they were paid
> > >for 260 days of work (5 business days for 52 weeks) when in pointof fact
> > >they work 180 days. Thus a teachers salary is reported at $42,000 when in
> > >point of fact they receive $24,000. For years my wife's W2 form said that
> > >she was making $25,000 a year, but the school whined that teachers like
> > >her were getting paid $50,000, they just didn't mention that teachers got
> > >paid according to the number of days they taught and never saw the
> > $50,000
> >
> > What? In my discussions and exp. the salaries are what teachers are paid
> > for the work the are contracted to provide in a 12 month period. If
> > teacher's salaries were reported the way you suggest they are, our local
> > school district would say our teachers make over $100K/year, since the
> > average (again, take with a grain of salt) salary in our district is over
> > $64K/year - that is take-home pay (less taxes/union dues/etc). In other
> > words, the average teacher has a pre-tax monthly paycheck of around
> > $7K/month (assuming nine months worked).
> >
> > Lionel
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> 
> $64K TAKE HOME PAY!
> 
> Can I get a job teaching in your school district?
> 
> I don't make $64K per year working 52 weeks per year!
> The average income in the USA was reported to be less than $50K gross per
> year in the local newspaper!
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That isn't a take home! It is $64k minus taxes, mandatory district
contribution to retirement, mandatory teacher contribution to
retirement, district contribution to health care, teacher contribution
to health care. YES THE TEACHER PAYS THE DISTRICTS STATE MANDATED
CONTRIBUTIONS! You wouldn't want the poor day laborer who makes more
than the teacher to pay the employer contributions just like his
employer does!