Saturday, January 7, 2012
Posted Salaries
The top salaries have been posted in The Hour. This is not new to the public employees. What is new, I believe, is that the annuities that the superintendent collects were not included with her salary. She not only gets $200,000/yearly but also gets $30,000 in annuities on top of that. Confirmation of this would be appreciated.
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The annuities are a nice little tax break for big wage earners-- they've been paid going back many years.
ReplyDeleteThe bigger concern is that SUPT MARKS put in for RAISES for her TOP CABINET-- who already all make over $140,000. RAISES at a time when TAXPAYERS ARE STRUGGLING.
Let's see what BOE members respect us enough to vote against those raises.
How out of touch is Supt Marks??? Where does she get the B@LL$ to even propose that? She claims it is a placeholder. Really? Placeholder or not, she is out of her mind!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that this is the same person who started her time here giving out raises and hiring one insider without any BoE approval.
ReplyDeleteAs for being out of touch, just ask the VETERANS if they were consulted before she took away Veterans' Day.
I keep saying it- she doesn't know Norwalk and she doesn't want to know Norwalk.
Don't forget the building administrators get over a 3% salary increase coming up.
ReplyDeleteSurvey says - - - WRONG ANSWER 5:43!
ReplyDeleteThe Administrators who belong to the union aren't getting raises. Last year, their contracted raise was deferred. This year, which is the first in their new contract, has a zero percent increase.
They stepped up- now it's up to the members of the Executive Service Group (which is all the administrators in the central office who don't have to be certified as school administrators) to stop demanding raises when their contract is up.
Hey- did anyone just read the Hour article about the first pass at budget cuts by the BoE (http://www.thehour.com/story/517679/norwalk-board-of-education-puts-forth-165-4m-budget-request-cutting-marks-proposal-by-1-5m)?
ReplyDeleteIf you did, or if you're in the know, can you fill me in on a few things, puh-leez:
1. How could Colarossi find almost a million and a half of cuts when Marks claimed that there was no fat in the budget?
2. Why did Marks include raises for people who don't have a contract? Come-on-- how many more friends are there she needs to take care of?
3. We know how much will have to be cut, right? The Education Mayor won't be letting too much $$ go to the schools-- so what is Marks' plan? Or is she going to leave it to the BoE like she did last year?
Folks, let's stop getting our knickers in a twist on the school budget. This superintendent is no different than all the others who have fibbed to and ignored the taxpayers for years-- she'll spend what she wants, when she wants and try to isolate or wait-out any school board member who doesn't kiss her ring.
ReplyDeleteLet's just cue the swim team, the little kids with their violins and the Columbus parents to get ready for the meetings in June when the superintendent looks to them to balance the budget- 'cause you know that's exactly where we're headed.
Nice to see raises eliminated in the budget. Thank you BoE. Very nice to see a unanimous vote on the reductions.
ReplyDeleteThe naysayers, knicker-twisters, aggie-busters and chronic complainers all need to take a breath. The budget takes months to work itself out. Lucky for us the BoE picked up the ball after the superintendent dropped it. No one could expect that the BoE would find $6 Million in cuts when they've had the book less than 3 weeks. I think their cutting $1.5 Million is at least a darn good start.
YAWN!
ReplyDeleteWake me up in March after the BET and Common Council decide how little the Board of Ed will have for the Central Orifice and the kids.