124,900 Plus benefits.. Much more than most family practice physicians make. Trust me, we should be paying our doctors more and these administrators less. Anyone else think that this might be a little top heavy?

Yada why do you keep asking about the referendum overspending? This article is about Dr. Ehrhardt's promotion, if you post your questions on a thread pertaining to the referendum you might get more of the discussion you are looking for.

yada - "A salary of $124,900 - regardless of his degree - this is TOOOOO much money to pay someone in school administration that is doing the work he will do. It would be wise to follow the person that holds this position now and you would find that a fast food worker works harder and longer."
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That is exactly what you said, so I'm not sure where the people cannot read comment came from. And I never said anything against fast food workers. What I said was prove to me that they work harder than a school administrator. Which by the way, many people work 8-10 hour days without a break period.
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Actually, no I wasn't a bully, the farthest thing. Got along with everyone, but wasn't afraid to speak my mind and debate certain topics.

For SPARK - I bet you were a bully when you were younger. Your first comment reminded me of one of those playground kids that quickly reacts to another individual and starts calling names. I have a great amount of respect for fast food workers - MANY hard working, underpaid people - not just kids are employed and working hard at what they do. Many will work 5 /6 hours straight with no breaks at all - if it's busy they keep working. You don't compare apples to oranges with different occupations Sparko.

Some of you cannot read very well what has been written. You are commenting on things that have not been said - which is rather comical. As I said before - I personally feel that school administrators are overpaid. I have not mentioned any names, but many of you are bringing names into this. This is not a put down on any one person or administrator - get it - understand. Some of you are the ones mentioning names and all I am saying is we OVERPAY them for what they do! I have seen other school districts that have cut administrative positions because they realized it was a good way to save taxpayer money. As I said before - I would much rather see teachers receive the increase in salary - not administrators. The teaching staff of Janesville deserve a higher salary because of the fine work they do. For what it's worth - I know more about this district than what many of you do. You would be surprised as to what my my background is. YES I know what the job "ENTALES" - but I would like to find out more about: 1. How much did we actually overspend on the 70.8 million dollar referendum? 2. Who authorized the overspending?

I sure hope Mrs. Peterson doesn't get the job. She has that school messed up as it is. Time to send her packing. Whomever replaces Dr. Ehrhart will have their hands full. Kids do not respect staff and teachers, bullying is out of control, and student moral is in the can. Kids are sent to the office for being kids (making faces, rolling eyes) receive suspensions at the drop of a hat for things such as writing a note stating if a bully hit them the student would defend themselves. Oh, and the school doesn't know what to do about it?!?!? I don't either, but it isn't my job to come up with a solution, other than getting rid of those who want to punish kids for sneezing.

Yada you obviously dont have a clear idea of what this job entales if you think just anyone can do it. In addition to having the education needed to preform this job Ehrhardt also has a work ethic of the highest class you dont need to worry about the quality of his work. In the past year he as greatly improved test scores and student achievement at Franklin, I cant think of a better person to be in charge of curriculum and instruction for the district. As for your comment about an excessive numbers of upper level administrators, if I remember right Superintendent Karen Schulte cut her previous director position and distributed the responsibilities between herself and other people in order to save money. I don't think this district just frivolously spends money on administrator salaries.

FYI, Could you please prove that a fast food worker works longer hours, works harder and has greater responsibilities than a school district director?

yada - Spoken out of pure ignorance.

Dr. Ehrhardt congratulations! Janesville is lucky to have you. As far as the comments about salary, I think this is a bargain for all the responsibilities he will be taking over.

Out of my own ignorance for what this position's responsibilities are, what tasks fill a 12 1/2 hour day and also requires weekend work? Do some of the tasks fall under office administrator type work that could be delegated down? If it's really that much work, $125K is a bargain. And if it's really that many hours per week, I feel sorry for the person in this job. They would have to have no regard to their family life at all.

Nobody ever said the person holding the present position was doing a bad job. Also, long hours do no equate to quality of work. I personally feel that many administrators are overpaid for what they actually do. In many school districts we have an excessive number of administrators that are paid big bucks and you don't need that many. I would rather see the money go to the staff in the classrooms. But - also - Keep in mind that our taxes will probably go up as a result of the vote by the school board the other day. Final questions --> How much did our Janesville school district overspend on the original 70.8 million dollar referendum? Who authorized that spending?

yada, must be convenient to create your own facts. Truth is, donna behn, who now holds this job, works long hours, is very smart, and spent years getting the education needed to hold down this job. That's why a very good school district, Verona, hired her away from Janesville.

The person in this position now arrives at work by 5:30 each weekday and leaves around 6, or stays until 9 p.m. or later for board meetings. She also comes in on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays. And this position is year-round.

A salary of $124,900 - regardless of his degree - this is TOOOOO much money to pay someone in school administration that is doing the work he will do. It would be wise to follow the person that holds this position now and you would find that a fast food worker works harder and longer.