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On May 17, 2011, there will be a School Budget and Bond vote for Cornwall Schools. Here are some things that you should consider before casting your vote. The amount of salaries earned
by our teachers is a very closely guarded secret. However some information
was provided in 2006, perhaps inadvertently, which may allow us to
sneak a peak at what our teachers really earn in salaries and benefits.
As of last year, according to the February 3, 2006 issue of the Cornwall
Local, 20.9 Million dollars of our school budget goes for teacher salaries
and benefits. According to the Cornwall School Website, our school
district has about 230 teachers. Here is what my math tells me: $20,900,000
divided by 230 teachers equals $90,869.56 per teacher on average for
2006. In 2007 the average pay package of salary and benefits will
easily exceed $100,000 since the teachers were recently awarded retroactive
pay increases in excess of 5%. Teachers work only 180
days per year and they work only 6 and 1/2 hour days, which means that
teachers work only 1170 hours per year (i.e. 6.5 hours multiplied by
180). When we break down the $90,869.56 and divide that by 1170
hours we see that in 2006 we were paying teachers an average of $77.66
per hour in salary and benefits. In a January 20, 2006 article dealing
with teacher salaries, also in the Cornwall Local, Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun
was quoted as saying "I think they let the cat out of the bag years ago
with generous increases in salaries". (Well, with the 2007 5-year contract it's deja vu all over again Ms. Calhoun). We think that Ms. Calhoun was
kind in choosing her words. What she really meant to say was that only
fools tax themselves to the point where their homes become worthless. The School Budget Vote is scheduled for May 17, 2011. YOU MUST GO OUT AND VOTE “NO” Note: This viewpoint was first published on this website in the spring of 2007. We at Cornwall Taxpayers United were absolutely thrilled to see that one of the first pieces of legislation that was undertaken by our newly elected Governor, was to see to it that very similar legislation to California's Proposition 13 went into effect for New York State Taxpayers. We are NOT claiming credit, but we are pleased and amused by the coincidence. BRAVO Andrew! |
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