School pay frozen for some, upped for others
JANESVILLE--The Janesville School Board voted 6-3 Tuesday to freeze pay for administrators this year but to give a flat dollar increase of $690 to 53 other non-union employees.
The same vote allowed $10,000 for bonuses to certain principals and other administrators for superior performance.
About 109 employees are not in unions. Some are administrators. Superintendent Karen Schulte had proposed a 3 percent increase in spending on pay for this group but met with resistance from the board at an earlier meeting.
Schulte proposed smaller increases in advance of this meeting, and she got part of what she asked for.
Schulte had asked for a $690 increase for all administrators at the end of the year if the budget contained enough surplus. The board rejected that recommendation.
The increases for the 53 non-administrators add up to $36,570.
Voting against the expenditures were DuWayne Severson, Bill Sodemann and Kevin Murray.
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Oct 12, 2011 at 3:09 p.m.
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That's a start, why do administrators get "bonuses" for doing their job? That's ridiculous!
Oct 12, 2011 at 12:36 p.m.
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they need money, but going to give raises and bonuses? thats crazy,i suggest they cut some of the "fat" as there is a lot of that
Oct 12, 2011 at 12:22 p.m.
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Is that $10k for bonuses a total amount for all eligible or the amount of a bonus for each person eligible? Also, what defines "good performance"?
In the majority of private sector jobs good performance is typically tied to monetary PROFITS of a business division or when an individual exceeds their budget or sales goals. It is an incentive for individuals to boost the MONEY goals of a company.
What goals are these administrators/principals being asked to meet? Since it is the taxpayer that will be paying these bonuses then the taxpayer should know what they are paying for.
Oct 12, 2011 at 11:20 a.m.
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There is another opportunity to have your SDJ board members answer questions and enter into discussions beyond the formality and constraints of the regular board meetings. Our monthly listening session “Community Conversations in Excellence” will be held this Friday, October 14, 2011 at MADISON SCHOOL, 331 North Grant Avenue from 3:30 PM until 5:30 PM.
Karl Dommershausen
SDJ Board Commissioner
(608) 774-8660
Oct 12, 2011 at 10:23 a.m.
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And a company that can't pay bonuses because it is losing money despite superior performance by some employees could expect those employees to seek greener pastures. Ever wonder why Janesville School District can't keep principals?
Oct 12, 2011 at 10:01 a.m.
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Could this be??? Do the "right" AND "left" both agree? Amazing!
Oct 12, 2011 at 9:43 a.m.
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Reads like a comic book huh?
Oct 12, 2011 at 9:13 a.m.
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It appears the majority of monetary increases are going to the top 1% of education employees now. Sound familiar?
Oct 12, 2011 at 8:55 a.m.
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Freeze pay, but give bonuses.
They just can't help themselves.
Oh, wait, I guess that they can help themselves... to more money.
Oct 12, 2011 at 8:46 a.m.
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Voting against the expenditures were DuWayne Severson, Bill Sodemann and Kevin Murray.
Thank you, for representing the voice of reason.
Oct 12, 2011 at 8:41 a.m.
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Absurd but not surprising.
Oct 12, 2011 at 8:35 a.m.
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Precisely. That amount could have paid for another teacher or aide who lost their job.
Oct 12, 2011 at 8:27 a.m.
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Here we go again. Sending the wrong message, and spending money wrongly.
Superior performance is to be recognized, and it a very respectable thing...but in times like this, bonuses are wrong.
If you have a worker in a private business that is doing superior work, but the company is loosing money, no bonus would be given.....
Another example of the little things that add up to why we are in financial distress...
No one is paying attention here....
Oct 12, 2011 at 7:09 a.m.
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I guess Schulte doesn't realize that we don't have any money? How many union teachers are going to get laid off now?
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