Local: Administrative costs choking District 150
C.J. Summers looks at how Peoria School District 150 spends money:
As I’ve pointed out before, District 150 used to have just one superintendent, and that was when enrollment was larger. It’s hard for me to understand why we need to pay three superintendents a combined total of $455,499.98 — nearly half a million dollars! — to do the same job now that enrollment is so low we’re closing schools right and left. In fairness, this amount has gone down since Dr. Fischer left (and was subsequently rehired as a consultant); we used to have four superintendents. Still, I don’t see the need to wait for all these positions to be eliminated through attrition.
Kudos for an excellent report.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Gravy Train unplugged!