Nassau County has huge money problems, they were on the brink of bankruptcy,
and were / are close to having the local government taken over by a control
group and run from Albany because of their mismanagement (Suffolk, Nassau
County's neighbor, is close behind). High teacher salaries are one problem
(to some), another problem is policemen salaries which regularly break the
$100,000 mark. (I'm not saying Policemen aren't important, I know they are.)
Add in the cronie-ism, corruption and kickbacks, and it just busts the bank.
For the sake of accuracy, from the tip of Brooklyn to Montauk, it's about
108 miles.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] No more car abuse
> But I don't teach Art History wherever your friend does. I teach in the
> Florida school system.
>
> Starting salary is $28,000, which I believe we could all agree is low for
> our cost of living.
>
> After 34 YEARS on the job, yes years, my pay scale will peak at $49,917.
>
> Even in New York City, the starting salary is $39,000 and peaks at
$51,000.
> Not exactly Park Avenue salaries.
>
> As a comparison, I could be a manager at a Wendy's for $26,000.
>
> I suspect the career path at Wendy's is better too.
>
> A teacher that makes $79K is VERY, VERY rare and is only in limited areas
in
> the Northeast. In the rest of the country, my salary is startlingly
> typical.
>
> We entrust the future of our children to people stupid enough to take
these
> jobs.
>
> And don't give me the summers off crap. I'll spend my entire summer
> building my lesson plan for fall -- all at no pay.
>
> Tom
>
>
> > You want political?
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