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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can find the senior executives salaries on each school's 990.

Most are far below what these outliers are making.

The fact that teachers are not paid as well as DCPS is not news. [/quote]

Where do you find a school's 990?  It's not on their website and when I search the IRS, tax exempt organization search, a 990 is not available for the school.[/quote]

On a school's PCSB profile page. Click on the button for "school profile and performance" and it will be in the right-hand column. https://www.dcpcsb.org/find-a-school

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Wow, I'm shocked. My kids are at a very highly sought-after charter middle/high school and their principal makes only $111,000. She's extraordinarily good. Why on Earth are those other heads of school making a quarter- to a half-million a year?[/quote]

The $250-500K salaries are outliers. The majority of school leaders seem to be in the $110-150K range.  Which is by no means a lot of money when you consider how much responsibility they have and hours they probably work.  Plenty of GS-14s+ in the DC area make more than that and most don't oversee a 70+ person organization.[/quote]

Kipp is a big player in the Charter movement and so is Friendship, consider the number of campuses. Yes, the teachers are paid terribly that is the point, they are also not held to the same standards re. certification either.  EmpowerEd have an online petition regarding transparency and FOIA.

https://www.coworker.org/petitions/charter-schools-should-have-the-same-transparency-requirements-as-traditional-public-schools

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Hmmm...my husband is a KIPP teacher and he's paid really well, getting his Master's for free, and gets some pretty nice bonuses. He has an amazing relationship with his school leader and co-teachers and has been well-taken care of since he started five years ago. I know that each KIPP school is different but I don't think it's fair say "Yes, teachers are paid terribly, that is the point." No one goes into teaching for the money but he's not being exploited either. [/quote]

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