Dist. 211 teacher pay out of whack with region

The average pay of a District 211 teacher is $93,000 per year, 3rd highest in the state and 33 percent higher than in the surrounding high school districts. District 211 leads the state with 299 teachers drawing salaries in excess of $100,000 per year.

These very generous salaries cost taxpayers $18,400 extra per year over the average salaries paid in the surrounding districts. Academically District 211 ranks 148th in the state. The average median house hold income of Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates and Palatine is $72,598 per year. The average teacher in D211 makes $93,000.00 per year. This means that he or she exceeds the average total income of these homes by 22 percent.

The definition of average median household income includes wages, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments, any personal business, investment, or any type of income received routinely by anyone over the age of 18 living in the house. This way of tax and spend needs to stop. We can no longer afford the bill.

John Parker

Schaumburg