Nutek

That's about average here. Possibly even a little low.

mrken30

Oregon pilots are well trained

This guy was from Aurora aviation.

MidAtlantic

And your point is? How many people does he manage? How many kids is he responsible for?

Bob

5 schools, they're not big.

It's bonkers, because the district has lost a fair bit of funding, we're still paying $150K for a sports director when that's realistically only needed as a part time position (chap who retired admitted it was bonkers). We're not Boston but it also wasn't hard to find candidates, even when a salary wasn't announced, they had 40 applicants make the first round.

Contrast to the library and the town offered $35K.

zzrmark

I think education is an afterthought for most counties/districts. Those at the top of the food chain seem to be paid stupidly high amounts whilst teaching and admin staff get the peanuts left over. My wife's education board agreed the annual contract for their 2500 teachers only a few weeks ago... for the year starting August 2016, 3rd consecutive year without a rise instead 'gifting' all teachers a $350 pre-tax 'bonus' which didn't even cover half the hike in this year's annual healthcare cost.
My good lady is one of the five longest serving teachers in the county...and still has a few more birthdays till her 50th, the profession just can't retain staff at the pittance it offers!!

Steerpike

I'm doing some consulting right now for a very small public school district in the bay area; I just looked up the salary for the superintendent; in 2015 she made $200k salary, plus $35k benefits.

ETA: I just looked up the same info for the local school district where I live, which is quite large; superintendent gets a salary of $225k in 2015.

This site has lotso salary info for CA public jobs! http://transparentcalifornia.com/

scrubbedexpat091

Vancouver School Board pays their superintendent $243,763.64 (CAD$) in 2015-2016 fiscal year. Plus 15,000 in expenses.

2nd highest paid employee was a secondary school teacher at $192,986

morpeth

Teachers generally do quite well especially when one factors in generous pension schemes, job protection, vacation etc. Their union has done a wonderful PR job convincing millions of Americans that somehow there is a relationship between their supposedly low pay and declining educational standards. A few years ago Forbes did a study of money spent on administrators and teachers vs education results over time, and between school districts. Needless to say teacher's union was quite outraged at the reported results !

tom169

Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.25m trucks over software error

Software controls the seatbelt locking.

What is wrong with the very simple mechanical version in other cars?

Pulaski

"... owners of the models have been told they can avoid the problem by turning the vehicle off and then on again if a warning light is activated due to the error."

How would they know?

moneypenny20

18 year old girl hates her new hairstyle so much she drives over the hairdresser seven times. Seems a tad ott.

Bahtatboy

Italian engineering and American control-freakery was never going to turn out well.

robin1234

To be fair, it is a pretty bad hairdo. (There's a photo in the article.) No way would I drive over my hairdresser seven times though.

moneypenny20

It's only hair, it'll grow back and in the meantime she could have got a wig for prom. She doesn't have to worry now though. About prom I mean.

robin1234

Weird that she waited outside in her car for four hours until the hairdresser finished work and walked out. You'd have thought the heat of the moment would have begun to dissipate by then?