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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find none of this to be a problem?

I can’t believe an assistant head of school is only being paid 130[/quote]

The issue is the discrepancy between HOS pay and teacher pay, especially when the teachers do the most important work in the school.

[b]A school can survive without a ton of admin[/b]. It can’t survive without teachers. [/quote]

I think you are underestimating what it takes to run a school.  And that someone has to be in charge of hiring high quality teachers, creating an environment in which they will want to stay, and leading the way on what is covered in the classroom.[/quote]

I would say people’s rub is it seems like a large part of steadily climbing tuition is going to the HOS.  Meanwhile the Fairfax County Superintendent makes about $380k while overseeing 199 schools and centers from pre-K through12, student population of about 183,000 (including multiple languages and special needs, and economically disadvantaged students).  Not to mention 25,175 full-time employees and a budget of $3.5 billion.  Heck a HS principal makes only about $200k,at the very top end, and some of them have more students and staff than a private school.

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The Chief of Staff of the Army makes about $270,000. By your logic, the Fairfax County Superintendent is a grossly overpaid public employee. Private school heads’ salaries are dictated by the market. [/quote]

No they aren’t.  They are dictated by ego and presumed prestige. The “market” is artificially created and continues to be inflated. This is why they vary so much in what package is offered.  The HOS at some area Catholic or Christian schools is less than many of the independents less than the more well known independents (read more expensive).   There are people who run whole non profit institutions of vary sizes, including related to education.  Do you really believe that none of them have the skills and abilities needed to run a small private school?  There are superintendents and principals and staff in public schools who create partnerships, write grants and literally find funds to save schools from closure or to feed and clothe their students.  Do you really think these folks don’t have or couldn’t learn the skills needed to run a small private school?

Also your comparison with the Chief of the Army doesn’t invalidate my point, as most people agree that government workers and executives are grossly underpaid in comparison to private industry and based on responsibility.  Further, while we are talking about private schools, most of them are not actually private corporations but instead nonprofits.  And the market for nonprofits Executive Directors varies widely by size and responsibility. If you look, most are not paid exorbitant salaries and those that are have much larger operations and personnel under their control than a private HOS.[/quote]

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