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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know the salaries or even the overall staffing levels within the central offices of MCPS. But speaking as a university professor with 2 decades of experience inside academia and also in government and private sector positions, salaries of $160k + would be considered generous by both university standards and US federal government standards.

If indeed MCPS has a large staff of administrators making that kind of money, I for one believe they are wildly overpaid by the standards of the marketplace. Remember of course that all these people receive [b]very generous pensions[/b], unlike most of the rest of the US workforce.[/quote]

Define "very generous", please?[/quote]

More generous than the rest of us who work in just about every other sector of the economy, including higher education, and aren't eligible for pensions.[/quote]

Oh it's you again. Hi, disgruntled professor! Let's just say it's a bit different working with students who are paying to be in your class and have a vested interest in the outcome of their education vs. kids who couldn't care less about being in your classroom but will need to pass various standardized tests or the teacher's job could be in jeopardy. Please stop your whining. Or choose to do something different than higher education. You did make that choice of your own free will, right?[/quote]

Please, save the disgruntled teacher thing for some other thread. None of the MCPS central staff are working with children, those who care or otherwise. The point is that the compensation packages for MCPS central staff are wildly inflated, as is the size of the central staff itself. It's a huge bucket of money that should be spent on teaching those children "who couldn't care less about being in your classroom but will need to pass various standardized tests or the teacher's job could be in jeopardy."

BTW I'm thrilled with my career choice. Doesn't quite sound like you are.[/quote]

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