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State Question 779. Penny tax for teachers raises by the numbers
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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2855138" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>And? It's not like the funding sources for the districts are going away; they'll be absorbed by the consolidated district along with the constituent districts' liabilities.</p><p></p><p>We're not talking about consolidating <em>schools</em>, we're talking about consolidating <em>districts</em> to reduce overhead. Some of the districts in Oklahoma are freaking tiny--you could consolidate multiple districts and still have a district that's smaller than some schools in bigger districts. F'rinstance, Adair County has ten districts, but their combined enrollment last year was less than the combined enrollment of Moore HS and Westmoore. Heck, you could consolidate districts from multiple counties and still wind up with districts smaller than the biggest districts. </p><p></p><p>Would that guarantee better usage of funds or better educational outcomes? Obviously not, but it would certainly cut down on administrative overhead. According to this page ( <a href="http://oklahomawatch.org/2014/06/29/oklahoma-superintendent-salaries/" target="_blank">http://oklahomawatch.org/2014/06/29/oklahoma-superintendent-salaries/</a> ), those Adair county supers add up to over $580K per year in base pay, yet Moore's super's base pay is only $130K--and his district is five times larger than the size of their combined districts. And that's only taking the superintendent's pay into consideration; how much could you save when you start collapsing the admin overhead costs?</p><p></p><p>It would be one thing if this state were rolling in cash, but we're not. I mean, does Seminole County really need to be spending more money on superintendent salaries than Cleveland County?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2855138, member: 26737"] And? It's not like the funding sources for the districts are going away; they'll be absorbed by the consolidated district along with the constituent districts' liabilities. We're not talking about consolidating [I]schools[/I], we're talking about consolidating [I]districts[/I] to reduce overhead. Some of the districts in Oklahoma are freaking tiny--you could consolidate multiple districts and still have a district that's smaller than some schools in bigger districts. F'rinstance, Adair County has ten districts, but their combined enrollment last year was less than the combined enrollment of Moore HS and Westmoore. Heck, you could consolidate districts from multiple counties and still wind up with districts smaller than the biggest districts. Would that guarantee better usage of funds or better educational outcomes? Obviously not, but it would certainly cut down on administrative overhead. According to this page ( [url]http://oklahomawatch.org/2014/06/29/oklahoma-superintendent-salaries/[/url] ), those Adair county supers add up to over $580K per year in base pay, yet Moore's super's base pay is only $130K--and his district is five times larger than the size of their combined districts. And that's only taking the superintendent's pay into consideration; how much could you save when you start collapsing the admin overhead costs? It would be one thing if this state were rolling in cash, but we're not. I mean, does Seminole County really need to be spending more money on superintendent salaries than Cleveland County? [/QUOTE]
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