J-Dub wrote:
"I've got to agree. $229K is an obscene"
V Resident wrote:
"Oh My gosh! That kind of money, between the two of them, could be spent on the kids. This IS the mentality of our School Boards which is why they should be voted out! When they keep making cuts to balance the budget and then approve salaries like this, CRAZY!"
pnpmiller - wrote:
"And you wonder why school districts are suffering, The superintendent does not need a salary that high. It is rediculous(sic) how much money these administrators make. I struggle for my job every year, because of budget cuts, when the cuts need to start at the TOP!!!!!!"
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Here is some common sense for our angry friends:
Of the five unified school district (K-12) in the North County, the VUSD superintendent salary is on the low side. Below are last year's salary for the other four unified school districts in our area.
Oceanside Unified School District superintendent pay in 2011: $228,837
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=982306647367302
San Marcos Unified School District superintendent pay for 2011: $241,090
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=405306648348373
Carlsbad Unified School District superintendent pay for 2011: $229,952
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=640306650987427
Poway Unified School District superintendent salary: $253,280
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=563066555381000
Those Unified district's superintendent salaries are a tremendous bargain over non-unified school districts that pay TWO superintendents for K-12. The combined salaries for NON-unified school districts TWO superintendents are far, far more than any unified school district's SINGLE superintendents salary. In non-unified school district the elementary schools (K-8) are in separate district from the the high school district (9-12) in their towns. Each separate district pays for its own separate superintendent.
Below we see how much more NON-unified Fallbrook and Escondido school districts pay for their TWO superintendents each.
Fallbrook Union High School District superintendent pay for 2011: $170,000
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=318306648959843
Fallbrook Union Elementary District superintendent pay for 2011: $163,200
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=756306649472714
The combined salaries of the two Fallbrook school district's superintendent salaries is over 100K more than the single VUSD superintendent salary. What a savings for tax payers. The combined student enrollment for both Fallbrook school districts is much smaller than VUSD. Even the most impaired Limbaugh listener or FOX News viewer should be smart enough to understand what a bargain $229K is for the vastly larger K-12 Vista Unified School District.
Escondido Union High School District superintendent pay for 2011: $184,433
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=535306649854600
Escondido Union Elementary School District superintendent pay for 2011: $210,185
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=911306650341342
The combined salaries of the two Escondido school districts' superintendents is almost 400K!
There are more than fifty school districts in California with higher salaries for superintendents that Vista Unified is offering. (http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html?appSession=563066555381000)
Sorry to the our angry friends who seem to so enjoy feeling outrage, but the truth is that the Vista school trustees got a real bargain for their superintendent. He was well loved in his previous district. Not to mention that the salary for the immediate former VUSD school superintendent, Joyce "Dixie" Bales was at one time; third highest, not just in the North County, but in all of San Diego County.
Did any of our Tea Party trouble making/Limbaugh listening/FOX viewing angry friends ever complain about Joyce Bales' salary? No!
Wonder why? Could it be that she was a Republican who prominently supported 'W' re-election campaign in 2004 She was also favorite of VUSD school board trustee Jim "Carrie Prejean Day" Gibson. Interesting how selective our angry friends are with their outrage.
