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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hard_r" data-source="post: 1971193" data-attributes="member: 9837"><p>Those small schools run on some of the tightest budgets. If they have fewer kids, they receive less funding. They do not create jobs. They hire for the positions needed. And more frequently, they are going without some support staff. Small rural schools are doing without janitors, librarians, full time counselors, secretaries, substitutes, etc. Teachers and administrators are doing more that what is laid out in their job descriptions. Add state budget cuts over the last few years. Many schools RIF'd teaching positions due to these budget cuts. Teaching positions are not just created. If there is an 11:1 student teacher ratio, I would be willing to bet there is only one teacher per subject at a school that small. Someone has to administrate those schools. And small school Superintendents do not get paid even close to what the big school supts get. So your solution is to have one guy administrate multiple schools where he does not see/interact with the principals, teachers, coaches, staff, and students on a daily basis? How is he supposed to make decisions for all these places? Do you know how many important decisions are made by a superintendent in a day? And that is just in regards to ONE school. I'm curious to know how much experience you have in education or living with/talking everyday to someone who does? People who don't know how things work think they have all the answers. Money isn't the problem. Schools are functioning just fine on tight budgets. As a future teacher, higher pay would be nice, sure. But will it have any effect on my teaching? No.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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