School Board OKs Administrator Raises Despite Huge Deficit

(Akron, Ohio) To address a projected deficit of $6.7 million, the Akron School Board has laid off teachers and plans to place a school levy on the ballot later this year. Other cutbacks in spending are also planned. Nevertheless, the board voted yesterday to raise the pay of 160 school administrators at an estimated cost of $250,000 to $300,000. As a result, twelve administrators will be pulling in $100,000 or more in the next year.

This move by the school board members doesn't make a whole bunch of sense to me. It seems that using the $250,000 to $300,000 for classroom teachers would be more beneficial than having higher paid administrators. Obviously, I don't understand the process.