Speaking of salaries

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Why is it near impossible to find out the administration salary structure of a public entity such as Austin Independent School District?

I recall several years ago seeing a list of every administrator & professional staff member in Round Rock ISD giving their name, title, and salary. This list was not made public in a newspaper, and I couldn't find it in the public record on line.

Same goes for the Austin ISD. It would be interesting to see how well or not we are paying a lot of these public servants. After all, it is easy to find info on teachers' salaries.

Not to mention getting a look at the bureaucracy few taxpayers are aware of.
 
I remember seeing a list of the AISD coaches salaries a while back. Think it was in the AAS. Obviously, they have access. Probably a open-records request or whatever.
 
Send a letter to the public information officer and ask for the information pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act.
 
It's not difficult to find teacher/police/firemen pay scales online, so why are administrators & professional staff salaries so well hidden?

That's my question.
 
It's also embarrassing when it is published that the highest paid staff member on campus is the head football coach who teaches one class per day.
 
I'm confused - are you asking for specific salaries or salary ranges? Most districts admin pay structure is really just a range for various pay grades/levels. Specific salaries are negotiated within the range when coming in.

But since you're asking, most of the bureaucrats you're talking about get paid well less than their counterparts in the private sector for the same level of responsbility and # of employees managed.
 
I should've been more specific - am referring to central administrators & program "directors"....the downtown bureaucrats in large school districts.

Generally I think principals, assistant principals and assistant coaches are underpaid.

Anybody in education knows there are a lot of well paid coffee-drinkin' paper shufflers "downtown".
It wouldn't negatively affect a district if their jobs disappeared, IMO.

The same can be said of most large government bureaucracies.
 
Yeah, those coffee sippers that you hold responsible for:

Managing the 800MM budget
Managing the HR responbilities/functions for employing 11,000 people
Managing the accuracy of PEIMS reports for 83,000 students
Managing a fleet responsible for getting 40K - 50K kids to schools each day
Managing a food service operation to feed 40K - 50K kids each day

I'm sure your one of the people who wants accoutability out the wazoo but your idea is to get rid of all of the people you want to hold accountable. Thats a genius idea! Way to think outside the box.
 
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