What's wrong with this picture? Over 90% of our students are on free or reduced lunch and our superintendent of schools tops the salary list of city employees at $182,670. Well you could argue that the size of the salary is commensurate with a "job well done". Only I'm not sure it is well done. I mean we have two schools that are at Level 4 Connery and Harrington.
Even after lots of meetings with parents, educators and administrators over months to come up with a viable Turnaround Plan for each school, we failed to achieve success in coming up with an acceptable plan for Connery. Since we "flunked out" at devising an acceptable plan for Connery we were sent back into remediation until we learn our lesson. In the meantime we miss out on all those dollars set aside to fix our problems. Then from the rumblings I hear, three other schools, Marshall, Breed, and Lynn Tech are set to become Level 4 this summer. All but 3 of Lynn's 26 schools failed to make AYP. Does this sound like we are getting our money's worth?
Between Dr. Latham and Dr. Wary, we are spending over $320,000 a year for these results. That doesn't even take into account the $100,000 spent for Confidential Secretaries for them. Because they are so proficient at leading our educational system, we have been asked to bring another into their seclusive little club. That person would undoubtedly make well over $125,000. I guess it's not easy to fail. Five of our seven school committee members must have felt their pain because only Coppola and Starbard voted AGAINST creation of a new Deputy position.
Latham and Wary complain about the long hours they put in but at their salaries it's no wonder the school system can't afford a time clock. What do I know, I'm just a poor disabled poet. Maybe I should have studied math in college. That way I would have learned more abut "differential equations" so could understand the "difference" between last year and this year and why Dr. Latham's salary had to increase somewhere near $20,000.
With all due respect to Charlie Sheen, "Losing" seems to pay pretty well.
School Super Latham tops on Lynn’s payroll
When can we get rid of this awful person?
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't think Lynn Schools are in bad shape?
And look how happy she is to be getting all that money!
I think I just threw-up in my mouth.
How can you not be happy making all that money? As or the mouth thing "Try some Listerine!"
ReplyDeleteShut up Melissa. You sadly are one of the brightest parents in the Lynn School System. Let me guess you own a tow car company or your husband works in construction! Argh. Several generation Lynner, who made it by Lynn standards.
ReplyDeleteHow can Dr. Latham deal with idiots like you to better the schools? You are your own worse enemies.
90% on the free hot lunch programs. A measure of how many people scam!
Vomit swallowed in my throat.
Work with the system. No one needs your jail house lawyer version of how things are going down Stan.
Anon 407, I have a hard time following your rant. You seem to be going all over the place. But, you don't have to stoop so low as to call me a lawyer.
ReplyDeleteDear Anon.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, lead by example meaning don't call people names or knock parents who are having hard times and can't afford lunch...have you been listening to the news and seen how many people are out of work? That said please don't assume people are conductig scams...this city has plenty of money as quoted to me recently!
I truly believe in giving people a chance, working together, but you haven't been in my shoes or others! There's more happening than you know with lawyers being hired, suits being won, people have been through enough, and you need to do your homework and check into what's going on!
As for the Confidentials they do not make $100,000 a year...unless somethings changed and there's tons of overtime...I recall a confidential being cut so I don't know how they could hire one at this time...keep your eyes open!
DON'T CALL A PARENT A JAIL HOUSE LAWYER BECAUSE THAT JUST PROVES TO ME YOU EITHER HAVE AN AGENDA, YOU ARE CALLING Stanley GHETTO, LISTENING TO ONE SIDE, AND NEED TO TAKE OFF YOUR ROSE COLORED GLASSES!!!
Why don't you tell us where you were educated and where you went to college...who are you related too? There's some connection here that you are going off like this!
REMEMBER IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER YOU HAVE TO SET AN EXAMPLE BY ACTING AND SPEAKING APPROPRIATELY!!! NO ONE CAN WORK TOGETHER WHEN THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT A COMPLETE SMACK DOWN ON CERTAIN PARENTS, WORKERS, AND THE PAC! DOCTORS WILL TELL YOU A PARENT KNOWS THEIR CHILD BETTER THAN ANYONE!
ANON., with that all said I hope this makes you aware of things behind the scenes, what real and not real, and who this hurts...the kids in the end!
Positive environments promotes positive children, parents, workers = excellent morale!
Night Anon.
Anon 4:07
ReplyDeleteYou obviously don't know a thing about me. But I know you are a coward hiding behind anonymity.
There are two Level 4 schools and eight Level 3 schools. And Dr. Super makes 180k? To fail.
And people seem to forget that our 90% 'poor' population is what brings in all of the federal and state money. What's that saying? There's money in poverty?
I didn't break the system. I'm one of the people volunteering my time (that means I'm giving out something for free) to help fix it. What are you doing?
Well said, anon 843
ReplyDeleteAon 843, just to be clear, the $100,000 amount was a ballpark figure for 2 Confidentials, one for Dr. Latham and one for Dr. Wary. Up until December I think Dr. Latham had two herself and if I'm not further mistaken she had three lasy year.
ReplyDeleteJust to throw some numbers out there to show your readership how bad we are actually doing. These are straight from the DOE website.
ReplyDeleteWe have two Level 4 schools (Connery and Harrington) and eight Level 3 schools (Drewicz, Cobbet, Ford, Hood, Marshal, Breed, Classical, and LVTI). We are considered a Level 4 district. Aborn, Tracy, Classical and English are the only schools that don't have to offer No Child Left Behind Required School Choice. And sixteen of our schools (Drewicz, Brickett, Callahan, Cobbet, Connery, Harrington, Ford, Hood, Ingalls, Lincoln-Thompson, Lynn Woods, Sewell-Anderson, Marshall, Breed, Pickering, and LVTI) have to offer thirty five hours of free tutoring to their entire Title 1 population.
Something is wrong. If we were a company (LPS), the stock holders (the citizens of Lynn) would demand that the CEO be fired (Latham).