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First of all I'm not saying the teachers do not deserve a raise, they do. Lake county area seems to get the least per student from state (not counting Gary, and Whiting). I do not know what administrators are getting raises but I do know that they work 12 months out of the year not, 9 months as teachers do. They also attend numerous afterschool responsibilites, meetings , sports events, etc. on a weekly basis. So for their maybe 90,000-$100,00 a year is like working 2 $50,000 a year jobs. Most have paid their dues to get there and were teachers theirselves at one time. They too must complete continuing ed like teachers at their own expense. Teachers are responsible for maybe 6 classes of children, while lets say the principal is responsible for ALL the children, and the teachers and building staff. With the new regulations, they must monitor each teacher so many times during the school year and "grade" them along with all the other work that needs to be done.
Yes the teachers should be mad, but call your state reps down in Indy and demand fairer pay for the teachers in our district instead of whining over some well deserved raises the admin is getting. If those admin people went into Illinois, they would be making almost double their salary (as teachers would also). Indiana does not get the same perks as Illinois teachers, my child (grown) taught in one of the local lake county high schools and paid over $1000 a month to have his family on his health insurance. The only way a teacher can earn a higher salary is to coach a sport or an extracurricular activity which state is trying also to curtail. They expect some of these teachers to work for nothing on their own hours so that the kids can still belong to some of these lesser ones. Yes they should all get raises, not just the schools in Marion county.

March 05, 2013 6:14 pm on Lake Central teachers lash out over raises for administrators