I know the budget is set in Cheshire and probably in most other municipalities-but the contrails remain.
I did some research and found some interesting articles on the hot subject in Cheshire BESIDES THE COMMUNITY POOL-the teacher salaries.
Here is a GOOD read on “What Teachers are Paid.”
Despite what many of you think-teachers do work a full day and put in a full weeks work-REMEMBER they do have paperwork to do at night.
But, some of you are correct-I don’t think the teachers union especially in Cheshire can assume that they may NEVER have to give back or freeze or take a furlough. It may come to this, as it has in many towns, including Bridgeport.
Remember, the nation is still under the effects of the Stimulus Package. When this money runs out in two years-LET US SEE WHAT HAPPENS!! It can’t and WON’T continue-the way we spend money on municipal salaries.
The bottom line-the private sector as to start “thinking” like the public sector-like it or not.
And I do agree, that we should NOT have used reserve funds to lessen our tax burden here in Cheshire-THE RAINY DAY is still some ways down the road-THIS IS NOT IT.
Over the weekend, I happened to read about Good Friday services in Elim Parks new chapel-and I got an idea.
Why not make arrangements with Elim Park and use their pool in the off seasons? Then we can make the Community Pool one season and cut down on a LOT of expenses. Worth a thought.
While I am on the subject of teachers, some people who make comments SHOULD DO THEIR RESEARCH BEFORE THEY SPEAK THEIR MINDS.
Connecticut teachers are NOT the highest paid in the nation.
Median Salary Survey Report for ALL K-12 Teachers in the U.S.
If you think Connecticut or the United States for that matter has “high” teacher salaries-consider this:
One thing I noticed about the top high schools in the U.S. list that I am running again and what states pay teachers the most money-is that these states seem to have the best schools-New York and California.
Also New Jersey has an EXCELLENT public and College School system-the State University of New Jersey-RUTGERS, is an EXCELLENT UNIVERSITY-ranking in the top 20. My son Gordon was accepted into the honors program at Rutgers five years ago-but he decided to go to Concordia in Montreal, rather than go to Camden, New Jersey.
I could understand his choice-I mean Camden is not exactly the greatest place in the U.S.-BUT he was totally impressed with Rutgers-IT HAD EVERYTHING UP TO DATE-and I know he would have gotten a great education there. He still talks about Rutgers, all these years later, that is how impressed he was with the school-but as far as atmosphere and safety, I believe he did better in Montreal.
Many of the schools are magnet, or private schools and many of them DO not have teacher unions and base their pay scales on MERIT-as one of our former Town Councilors suggested happen here when he spoke at the Budget Public hearing last week.
Click here for top high schools story and video
FYI: The town of Southington’s proposed $77 million Board of Education budget includes a 4.9 percent raise for its teachers.
But even, Southington is asking its teachers for wage concessions.
And lastly-good news- the U.S. finally stopped acting like a bunch of wimps-The Captain of that merchant ship that was held hostage was finally rescued when U.S. Navy sharpshooters shot three of the four pirates DEAD.
And for all my Republican friends out there-DO I STILL HAVE ANY?? Here-get your fill of anti-Obama tidbits-all day and all night-knock yourselves out!!
OK I just happened to go on the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch civil court website out of curiosity because I know there might be some lawsuits I am interested in. When you get to the site-just type in ” Town of Cheshire” in the top box where it says “Party Last Name”-it is pretty interesting.
I also wanted to link you to an interesting article regarding what metro Kansas City employees make-FYI Kathleen Sebelius, the Governor of Kansas-THE GOVERNOR-makes approximately $106,000 a year!!
No wonder she took the job in DC.!!
Ahem-IS SOMEBODY IN CHESHIRE OVERPAID???
