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It explains why Branstad's school reform fails to fix weaknesses. Judy routinely brings students to grade level the public schools fail to teach--and falsely claim can't be taught.
SMELLING THE RAT IN CEDAR RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT
JASON GLASS NCLB WAIVER HIDES IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICT FAILURES
MATRIX OF INFORMATION TO KEEP C. R. SCHOOLS OPEN
GOV. BRANSTAD'S EDUCATION CHANGES VS. IMPROVEMENTS
WILL THE GAZETTE & C.R. SCHOOL BOARD BACK THE KIDS OR CORRUPTION?
C. R. SUPT. SALARY UP 76%--TEST SCORES FLAT
THE DES MOINES SCHOOL DISTRICT OUGHT TO BE CLOSED & PRIVATIZED!!
RAMPANT IOWA SCHOOL CHEATING IGNORED
SCHOOL FIXES AND FAILURES, EVALUATED AND SCORED
FIXES WERE SUBSTANTIALLY UPDATED ON 7-28-11
WHY JUDY HINTZ WAS BANNED FROM THE 'EDUCATION' SUMMIT
Judy would tell how she routinely raises math and reading skills 5 grade levels
with
but 27 to 54 one-hour training sessions, with kids the public
schools can't teach!
She would also tell how to raise skills 7 grade levels
with 27 to 54 one-hour sessions
for other students. Judy has the
proven recipe for doing that and the evil ISEA
teacher's
union, and other constructivists wanting more money for schools, don't
want to hear it--so
they banned her from speaking at the summit!!
2003-2004 IA. SCHOOL HONESTY/INTEGRITY RANKINGS
MORE EVIDENCE OF IOWA ACADEMIC CHILD ABUSE
CHILD ABUSING UNITED STATES, IOWA AND DES MOINES, 2009 MATH SCORE RANKINGS
THE UNITED STATES RANKS 38TH OF 60 JURISDICTIONS IN 2009 INTERNATIONAL MATH PISA TESTS
Visit website:
dataoecd/54/12/46643496.pdf
add up the number of
international jurisdictions out-scoring the United States in math, and you will
find
the United States is ranked 38th.
IOWA RANKS 17TH IN 8TH GRADE 2009 U.S. NAEP MATH TESTS
Visit Iowa’s Report Card
website:
iowaeducation.iowa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Iowa_Report_Card.pdf
and you will find Iowa ranked 17th in the U. S. in 8th
grade NAEP math tests.
DES MOINES RANKS 325TH OF 327 IOWA SCHOOLS IN 11TH GRADE 2009 ITED MATH TESTS
Visit website
math%20ranking%202010%202011.htm
and you will find
Des Moines ranked 325th of 327 Iowa schools, in 11th grade
math.
IOWA SPENT AT LEAST $14,300 TOTAL PER PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT IN 2009
The evil ISEA teacher union DEMANDS MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION!!
IOWA EDUCATION COSTS ARE OUT OF
CONTROL!
It is futile for Iowalive, or
others, to offer
suggestions for school improvement so long as
constructivists
are in control and
schools are given millions without any strings attached for
improving student achievement,
or anything else!!
Where does the School District money go?
(Not for infrastructure)
163 EMPLOYEES WITH SALARIES OF $50,064.20 TO $112,929.00 TOTAL $9,796,356.13
1427 EMPLOYEES SALARIES FROM $20,037.02 TO $49,975.71 TOTAL $50,026,116.92
582 EMPLOYEE'S SALARIES FROM $10,007.12 TO $19,989.74 TOTAL $8,118,981.96
587 EMPLOYEES SALARIES FROM $5,008.80 TO $9,994.90 TOTAL $4,210,446.03
375 EMPLOYEE'S SALARIES $2,000.02 TO $4,998.00 TOTAL $1,260,130.89
145 EMPLOYEE'S SALARIES FROM $500.00 TO $1,000.00 TOTAL = $102,587.84
288 EMPLOYEE'S SALARIES FROM $5.15 TO $499.78 TOTAL $59,961.71
TOTAL $59,822,473.05
All these
salaries are taken from the salaries listed by the School Board..
This year again the Cedar Rapids School ran the salaries according to
the employee’s social security number. Of course they didn’t show
the social security numbers in the paper, but made checking salaries very
difficult. The purpose of the law that requires all public schools to
print the fiscal salaries is to be a report to the tax- payers.
It appears the
Cedar Rapids School district is not forthcoming and afraid to
make known all the many high salaries and benefits that come to many
administrators like one who received $68,000 dollars and has been gone
from the district over a year and a half. This must be one years salary
given to this person for a year (261 days) of accumulative sick
time. When an administrator receives 6 weeks paid vacation each year,
it is easy to put aside all sick days and collect them after you either leave
the district for another one or retire as one person did. I assume that was
the reason two persons received a whole years extra salary when they
left the district last year.
Now anyone can
see why Public Charter Schools were brought into
existence and are blooming everywhere with accountability and
money spent on students and teachers wisely for gaining an education.
Truly the Traditional public schools should be held accountable for their
extravagant spending plus outlandish perks and especially for the many
way over paid administration.
If anyone
would like the listing of all the positions and in their respective
categories simple e-mail Rosanne Freeburg at
coloredu@inav.net and she
will attempt to e-mail the listings for you to study. It is a massive report.
Anyone who
would even think for a second about supporting any tax
effort for this District should give time to learning the true story that this
district does with any money when they spend it with no accountability
and over abundantly on the heavily staffed administration that are
non teaching positions.
CR School District Salaries
|
First |
Last |
School/dept |
Position |
99-00 salary |
98-99 salary |
|
Lew |
Finch |
|
Superintendent |
$ 117,530.00 |
|
|
Tom |
Mincek |
|
Assoc. Superintendent |
$ 89,000.00 |
|
|
Greg |
Reed |
|
Assoc. Superintendent |
$ 89,000.00 |
|
|
Paul |
Vincent |
|
Assoc. Superintendent |
$ 89,000.00 |
|
|
|
To be named |
|
Exec Adminstrator/Elem Ed |
$ 86,000.00 |
|
|
|
To be named |
|
Exec Adminstrator/Sec Ed |
$ 86,000.00 |
|
|
Steve |
Graham |
|
Exec. Dir/ Business services |
$ 83,400.00 |
|
|
Bill |
Jacobson |
|
Exec. Dir/ Interagency |
$ 85,311.00 |
|
|
Austin |
Mueller |
|
Exec. Dir/Special Services |
$ 83,400.00 |
|
|
Russ |
Novotny |
|
Exec. Dir/Technology |
$ 84,560.00 |
|
|
Duane |
Kramer |
|
Director Elem. Secondary |
$ 75,674.00 |
|
|
Linda |
Kuster |
|
Director Communications |
$ 71,500.00 |
|
|
Carol |
Lansing |
|
Director Elem. Secondary |
$ 75,674.00 |
|
|
Sandy |
Stevens |
|
Director Research, evaluation |
$ 71,500.00 |
|
|
Colin |
Williams |
|
Director Staff development |
$ 75,674.00 |
|
|
Suzanne |
Blomme |
|
Assoc. Director Special services |
$ 62,627.00 |
|
|
Beula |
Dvorak |
|
Assoc. Director Special services |
$ 62,627.00 |
|
|
Jane |
Zeaske |
|
Assoc. Director Special services |
$ 62,627.00 |
|
|
Connie |
Brown |
|
Manager - Payroll |
$ 55,700.00 |
|
|
Ruth |
Callahan |
|
Manager - Purchasing, warehse |
$ 55,700.00 |
|
|
Matt |
Dunbar |
|
Manager - Custodial, grounds |
$ 59,218.00 |
|
|
Dave |
Dvorak |
|
Manager - Building, grounds |
$ 59,218.00 |
|
|
Diane |
Flemming |
|
Manager - Food Service |
$ 58,880.00 |
|
|
Margaret |
Hamed |
|
Manager - Transportation |
$ 59,518.00 |
|
|
Barbara |
Harms |
|
Manager - Accounting |
$ 55,700.00 |
|
|
Rhoda |
Shepherd |
|
Manager - Health services |
$ 55,700.00 |
|
|
Ralph |
Plagman |
Washington |
High School Principal |
$ 84,057.00 |
|
|
Bob |
Tesar |
Jefferson |
High School Principal |
$ 84,057.00 |
|
|
Mary |
Wilcynski |
Kennedy |
High School Principal |
$ 84,057.00 |
|
|
John |
Humphrey |
Metro |
High School Principal |
$ 73,792.00 |
|
|
Fred |
Althoff |
Franklin |
Middle School Principal |
$ 73,762.00 |
|
|
Carolyn |
Cleveland |
Roosevelt |
Middle School Principal |
$ 73,762.00 |
|
|
Kathy |
Conley |
Wilson |
Middle School Principal |
$ 73,762.00 |
|
|
Alinda |
Hakanson |
Taft |
Middle School Principal |
$ 73,762.00 |
|
|
Randy |
Krejci |
Harding |
Middle School Principal |
$ 73,762.00 |
|
|
Tom |
Van Deest |
McKinley |
Middle School Principal |
$ 75,971.00 |
|
|
Karol |
Erdmann |
Jefferson |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Denny |
Goettel |
Washington |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Mike |
Johnson |
Washington |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Dennis |
Rubenow |
Kennedy |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Mark |
Stewart |
Kennedy |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Terry |
Strait |
Jefferson |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Jim |
Taylor |
Jefferson |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Denny |
Walsh |
Kennedy |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Rick |
Williams |
Washington |
High School Associate Principal |
$ 66,300.00 |
|
|
Steve |
Archibald |
Roosevelt |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 62,500.00 |
|
|
Paul |
Julius |
Wilson |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 62,500.00 |
|
|
Randy |
Lagos |
Franklin |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 64,951.00 |
|
|
Brian |
Litts |
McKinley |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 62,500.00 |
|
|
Randy |
Noecker |
Harding |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 62,500.00 |
|
|
Larry |
Nolting |
Harding |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 62,500.00 |
|
|
Tom |
Pardonek |
Taft |
Middle School Associate Principal |
$ 62,500.00 |
|
|
Holly |
Becker |
Wright |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Becky |
DeWald |
Pierce |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Kathy |
Erusha |
Monroe |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Laurinda |
Fitzgerald |
Erskine |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Joyce |
Fowler |
Harrison |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Tim |
Fowler |
Nixon |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Tom |
Holmes |
Arthur |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Susan |
Lagos |
Johnson |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Mary |
Lehner |
Coolidge |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,709.00 |
|
|
Jane |
Lenergan-Highley |
Polk |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Cindy |
Monroe |
Cleveland |
Elementary Principal |
$ 70,200.00 |
|
|
Jim |
O'Connor |
Taylor |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,282.00 |
|
|
Terry |
O'Neil |
Kenwood |
Elementary Principal |
$ 67,255.00 |
|
|
Gregg |
Petersen |
Hiawatha |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,283.00 |
|
|
Nancy |
Raw |
Van Buren |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Kathy |
Reyner |
Truman |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Hank |
Small |
Hoover |
Elementary Principal |
$ 67,768.00 |
|
|
Donna |
Spellman |
Grant |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Connie |
Tesar |
Grant Wood |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Bill |
Utterback |
Jackson |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Sid |
Wallace |
Madison |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
Pat |
Wilson |
Garfield |
Elementary Principal |
$ 66,000.00 |
|
|
|
$5,178,630 projected salaries for 74 administration salaries |
|
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***** |
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Projected 8.5 percent tax-sheltered annunity of $440,183.55 for 99-00 school year |
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This is tax free and extra money over and above regular salary |
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****** |
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Projected monthly $450 flexible health insurance plan for 74 administrators |
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$450 X 12 = $5,400 $5,400 X 74 = $399,600 estimated total for 99-00 year |
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****** |
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Each Administrator shall receive a TRAVEL allowance of five hundred ninety five dollars ($ 595.00) yearly |
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$595 X 73 = $43,435.00 -- Superintendent receives monthly $700 for Travel x 12 = $8,400 |
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Together for the 74 Administrators automatically $51,835 given for travel allowance |
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All administrators traveling more than 100 miles will be eligible for reimbursement |
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All administrators received extra mileage this includes the Superintendent |
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monthly claims (travel) (travel exp Finch) (travel exp) (airfares) (mileage) (transportation) (Tickets) |
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12 month period from March 98 - Feb 99 with travel expenses for District |
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|
30 entries |
Airfares Total |
|
$30,141.52 |
|
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398 entries |
Mileage |
|
$34,232.44 |
|
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|
650 entries |
Travel Exp |
|
$130,627.83 |
|
|
|
12 entries |
Travel Exp for Supt. Lou Finch |
$14,904.56 |
|
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|
|
8 entries |
Tickets |
|
$3,790.00 |
|
|
|
2 entries |
Transportation |
|
$4,230.60 |
|
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5 entries |
Travel |
|
$768.94 |
|
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|
|
|
$218,695.89 |
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Example Gary Johnson Dec '98 $1,814.23 |
Facilitator - Technology ESC Travel Exp |
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Sidney Wallace Dec. '98 $990.60 |
Elementary Principal - Madison Travel Exp |
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In Dec. 98 Travel Advisors- $1,437.32 Carlson Wagonlit Travel $260.00 (For whom and where to ???) |
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Feb. 99 Air Fares - $2,525.02 (? No idea for whom and where to) |
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Each Administrator will be given ($450.00) per month in a flexible spending account |
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450 X 12 = $5,400 74 X $5,400 = $399,600 |
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Work Year 52 weeks that includes 261 work days- all week-days |
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Compensatory time allowed for Sat., Sun., or Holiday duty (4 hours-1/2 day --more than 4 hours=one day) |
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***** |
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VACATION 6 weeks equals 30 work |
days |
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PERSONAL UNUSED ILLNESS LEAVE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE TO A MAXIMUM OF 260 DAYS
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Date last updated: Friday February 17, 2012 03:14 PM -0600