>I hear what you’re saying, but NJEA/REA salaries ARE part of the irresponsibility.
I negotiated 4 Teamsters union contracts for management. If the numbers are too high, the responsible thing to do is negotiate and make it fair for both sides. To have a BOE and elected board poop their pants and capitulate to the union hurts us all. Why? Because it drains funds that would otherwise go to running the district and then we have to bond for things we would have otherwise had reserves for.
The Ridgewood News said salaries alone next year are at $68 million. Divide that by a student population of 5600 and that’s over 12 grand per student alone.
Friends, it’s time to make some tough decisions. The well is running dry and 2010-11 is going to be a drought. If we don’t stop the madness now, they will come again next year and it will NOT be pretty.
Vote NO and tell them that the status quo no longer works. Dr. Fishbein, I respectfully suggest you work on a ‘Plan B’.
