Monday, April 30, 2012
In Our Schools - in Milwaukee, WI - 5,200 Teachers - 92,691 Days Off
And this is just ONE city's School District!...
At Townhall.com, Kyle Olson reports:
"For starters, 5,200 teachers took a whopping 92,691 days off last year, for sick/personal leave, convention leave and 'incentive' leave. That level of teacher absenteeism – over 9% of the school year – resulted in $11.9 million being spent on substitute teachers.
'Step' raises – given for a teacher’s years of service, not effectiveness – cost $5.5 million last school year. 'Lump sum raises' cost another $10.4 million.
According to data received from the Milwaukee district, teachers do not contribute to their retirement or health care plans. Thus, MPS paid the full freight of those benefits for teachers – spending $56 million on pensions and roughly $128 million for health insurance."
