Sunday, February 11, 2007
The 400 Thousand Dollar Woman
Looks like the compensation estimate of Elgin School Board member Dan Rich resigned after he voted to raise School Superintendent Connie Neale was low.
It’s not $400,000.
It’s $420,000.
That’s what Daily Herald reporter Emily Krone has discovered.
And, if the school board backs down, Superintendent Neale will be making “only” $360,000.
How sad.
And what was Neale’s source for claiming she was only the 40th highest paid superintendent in Illinois?
It was Jack Roeser’s Family Taxpayers Network data base at TheChampion.Org, where you can find out what any teacher in Illinois is paid.
Or should I say, it reports the income reported to the Downstate Teachers Retirement Fund, that is, it is the income upon which folks in that system base pensions.
Here is the site which school folks hate being used to justify a whopping pay increase in Elgin.
That’s irony for you.
It probably also explains why the web site gets to many internet hits.
It’s not $400,000.
It’s $420,000.
That’s what Daily Herald reporter Emily Krone has discovered.
And, if the school board backs down, Superintendent Neale will be making “only” $360,000.
How sad.
And what was Neale’s source for claiming she was only the 40th highest paid superintendent in Illinois?
It was Jack Roeser’s Family Taxpayers Network data base at TheChampion.Org, where you can find out what any teacher in Illinois is paid.
Or should I say, it reports the income reported to the Downstate Teachers Retirement Fund, that is, it is the income upon which folks in that system base pensions.
Here is the site which school folks hate being used to justify a whopping pay increase in Elgin.
That’s irony for you.
It probably also explains why the web site gets to many internet hits.
Labels: Connie Neale, Elgin School District, Family Taxpayers Network, U46
