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Public $chools In Texas A Growth Industry

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Well, okay, they’re not industrial, but some of them offer salaries that would make industrialists envy. “Do public schools in Texas pay $232,000 for coordinating PE classes?” Adam Andrzejewski wrote in a column which appeared in Forbes on July 18, 2018. “What about paying $340,000 to a high school music teacher and $127,000 to a librarian?”

“Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found 7,327 Texas public school administrators, athletic directors, teachers, and other employees pulled down six-figure salaries costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion. In fiscal year 2017, superintendents earned as much as $450,000; “executive directors for assessment and compliance” received up to $302,820; and principals made as much as $313,870.”

Andrzejewski is the CEO and Founder of OpenTheBooks.com.

Malcolm A. Kline
Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia. If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail contact@academia.org.

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