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Anonymous wrote:I have a very good friend who is a head in a different city and he makes a over $750k. And I have to say I see it’s an incredibly complex, 60-80 hours/week job, which not a lot of people could do, or are willing to do. Expertise in education and child welfare. Safety and security. Public relations. Responsible for all personnel decisions, hiring and firing everyone from CFOs to teachers to bus drivers. Legal issues of all sorts. Finances. Dealing with parents, teachers, and students non stop. Admissions. The list is endless. Everything falls at their feet. They are the CEO. They get paid what they do because that’s what the market says they’re worth.

Their jobs are not harder than being the president of Harvard, who makes about the same amount. University presidents have to oversee colleges, graduate schools (medical, law, business, etc.), 1000s of students, faculty, staff, study abroad, federal grants, etc., etc. Why in the world a HS HOS has to earn the same amount as a university president is beyond me. And teachers in DC should be making enough money to save for retirement, a rainy day, and college (presumably a priority if you teach at a college prep school). You can't do that on $75K/year. What other HOS is earning that much? And if so, what are their teachers and staff being paid relative?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve noticed that teachers at local privates attended more expensive, higher-ranking grad & undergrad schools than teachers at local publics, but are lower paid. I assume dealing with fewer behavioral issues & having more autonomy draw teachers to teach in private versus public. I also have a hunch that a lot of my children’s teachers are married to higher earners.

This is going to sound a bit tasteless, but I have met a couple teachers throughout my child’s time attending a big 3 that seemed to enjoy being in the proximity of powerful families. Especially in instances when their own kids were attending the school. There was a social climbing aspect to it.

This is such an awesome post for so many reasons. 😂

It’s accurate - NP

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Anonymous wrote:Consider that no public school Superintendent around here makes moser than $350k, but has to manage organizations far larger and more complex, plus answer to elected officials and citizens.

HOS pay is outrageous and, frankly, embarrassing.

Public school supers???
What about their $10M+ annuity upon retirement at age 60? And taxpayer funded healthcare for life?

It’s a union job. All about the venues and no performance reviews or accountability.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve noticed that teachers at local privates attended more expensive, higher-ranking grad & undergrad schools than teachers at local publics, but are lower paid. I assume dealing with fewer behavioral issues & having more autonomy draw teachers to teach in private versus public. I also have a hunch that a lot of my children’s teachers are married to higher earners.

This is going to sound a bit tasteless, but I have met a couple teachers throughout my child’s time attending a big 3 that seemed to enjoy being in the proximity of powerful families. Especially in instances when their own kids were attending the school. There was a social climbing aspect to it.

This is such an awesome post for so many reasons. 😂

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Anonymous wrote:I can see families leaving because their values are conservative, but for GDS to tell families they can leave because they want equitable compensation for teachers and staff relative to their HOS is ugly.

Where is GDS telling families to leave?

Anonymous wrote:Consider that no public school Superintendent around here makes moser than $350k, but has to manage organizations far larger and more complex, plus answer to elected officials and citizens.

HOS pay is outrageous and, frankly, embarrassing.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve noticed that teachers at local privates attended more expensive, higher-ranking grad & undergrad schools than teachers at local publics, but are lower paid. I assume dealing with fewer behavioral issues & having more autonomy draw teachers to teach in private versus public. I also have a hunch that a lot of my children’s teachers are married to higher earners.

This is going to sound a bit tasteless, but I have met a couple teachers throughout my child’s time attending a big 3 that seemed to enjoy being in the proximity of powerful families. Especially in instances when their own kids were attending the school. There was a social climbing aspect to it.

Anonymous wrote:Financial situations change and GDS is a luxury. I don't see what families leaving due to finances has to do with GDS telling families to leave

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Anonymous wrote:I can see families leaving because their values are conservative, but for GDS to tell families they can leave because they want equitable compensation for teachers and staff relative to their HOS is ugly.

Where is GDS telling families to leave?

i've seen families leave over the years and #1 reason is costs and lack of financial aid covering full need. Will see another decent amount of this in coming year

I've not heard of anyone leaving for politics reasons but pretty much every parent event I go to ends up in a flavor of this topic of how the school has changed in last 3-4 years, how HOS makes so much money, and college outcomes have been so poor in last few years vs. NYC/LA peer schools

Financial situations change and GDS is a luxury. I don't see what families leaving due to finances has to do with GDS telling families to leave

I don't know, lower the HOS salary, spread around the money to teachers and maybe reduce the tuition a bit.

Oh my goodness, no! Reducing tuition would only attract the wrong element. Not that anyone actually says that part out loud, of course. Diversity, equity and inclusion - yay!!

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very good friend who is a head in a different city and he makes a over $750k. And I have to say I see it’s an incredibly complex, 60-80 hours/week job, which not a lot of people could do, or are willing to do. Expertise in education and child welfare. Safety and security. Public relations. Responsible for all personnel decisions, hiring and firing everyone from CFOs to teachers to bus drivers. Legal issues of all sorts. Finances. Dealing with parents, teachers, and students non stop. Admissions. The list is endless. Everything falls at their feet. They are the CEO. They get paid what they do because that’s what the market says they’re worth.

Not the DC market. The question we’re discussing is why this one HOS is so overpaid

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Anonymous wrote:I can see families leaving because their values are conservative, but for GDS to tell families they can leave because they want equitable compensation for teachers and staff relative to their HOS is ugly.

Where is GDS telling families to leave?

i've seen families leave over the years and #1 reason is costs and lack of financial aid covering full need. Will see another decent amount of this in coming year

I've not heard of anyone leaving for politics reasons but pretty much every parent event I go to ends up in a flavor of this topic of how the school has changed in last 3-4 years, how HOS makes so much money, and college outcomes have been so poor in last few years vs. NYC/LA peer schools

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see families leaving because their values are conservative, but for GDS to tell families they can leave because they want equitable compensation for teachers and staff relative to their HOS is ugly.

Where is GDS telling families to leave?

i've seen families leave over the years and #1 reason is costs and lack of financial aid covering full need. Will see another decent amount of this in coming year

I've not heard of anyone leaving for politics reasons but pretty much every parent event I go to ends up in a flavor of this topic of how the school has changed in last 3-4 years, how HOS makes so much money, and college outcomes have been so poor in last few years vs. NYC/LA peer schools

Financial situations change and GDS is a luxury. I don't see what families leaving due to finances has to do with GDS telling families to leave

I don't know, lower the HOS salary, spread around the money to teachers and maybe reduce the tuition a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see families leaving because their values are conservative, but for GDS to tell families they can leave because they want equitable compensation for teachers and staff relative to their HOS is ugly.

Where is GDS telling families to leave?

i've seen families leave over the years and #1 reason is costs and lack of financial aid covering full need. Will see another decent amount of this in coming year

I've not heard of anyone leaving for politics reasons but pretty much every parent event I go to ends up in a flavor of this topic of how the school has changed in last 3-4 years, how HOS makes so much money, and college outcomes have been so poor in last few years vs. NYC/LA peer schools

Financial situations change and GDS is a luxury. I don't see what families leaving due to finances has to do with GDS telling families to leave

I don't know, lower the HOS salary, spread around the money to teachers and maybe reduce the tuition a bit.