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After angry residents spoke out at the May 12th budget meeting, the board finally decided disclosure was best. Three days ago, superintendent Dr. Schartner sent out a letter which*sharply under-reported the amount of the rebates, at only $90 for the '14-'15 school year. The one reason why the board/administration*wanted to pierce the cap: High salary increases despite the stagnant economy, stagnant private-sector wages, property values, interest income and state funding. The May 18th edition of*Newsday (p.G24) reported that Sayville teachers will get raises and step increases totaling 4.25 percent.*As do many of us, administrators and*teachers deserve raises, but they needed to*wait until the economy recovers.
Duplicity on the Superintendent's part, and piercing the cap solely to fund salary increases. Kudos to Sayville residents for seeing past the lies.
I really dont understand how people keep accepting this. At this rate, Im gonna have to move in 15 years. Bummer, people need to wake up and put an end to this nonsense.
Duplicity on the Superintendent's part, and piercing the cap solely to fund salary increases. Kudos to Sayville residents for seeing past the lies.
Pay scales already agreed upon will still increase, regardless of passing or failing budgets. Until th epoint in time the change is negotiated in contracts. Which really should be negotiated on a state level, similar to the MTA with it's 70,000 employees. Each individual district doing its own negotiations is a poor idea, the unions have better labor relations people than the districts.
Pay scales already agreed upon will still increase, regardless of passing or failing budgets. Until th epoint in time the change is negotiated in contracts. Which really should be negotiated on a state level, similar to the MTA with it's 70,000 employees. Each individual district doing its own negotiations is a poor idea, the unions have better labor relations people than the districts.
Yes, however the point in this case being the superintendent deliberately lied about the amount of the rebate in order to get the residents to vote yes to pierce the cap in order to fund these contractual raises. Instead of reducing the budget line for salaries -- i. e. layoff teachers -- the superintendent misrepresented the amount of the average residents tax refund, citing it was $90, not $875. So, not only would the average taxpayer have received a tax increase had the budget passed, they would have lost the $875 refund, too.
It would appear that Sayville taxpayers weren't as obtuse as the superintendent assumed.
Hard to act so "outraged" over 1-2% increases that are clearly contractual pillaging already committed. It's the rubber stamped increases from the last 7-8 years of 6-8% year over year that have been so crushing. The barn door was left open, the horses are gone. Now it's "only a 1% increase, see what a great job we're doing!" which is kind of true. 1% w/ salary and pension agreements locked by the Triborough manifesto (aka "foot on the taxpayer's back") is actually pretty good. Sad as it may seem.
Yes but not everyone is getting that much.... put it this way..it's like putting a band-aid on a massive gun shot wound Might give you a little more time but in the end..............
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Might give you a little more time but in the end..............
