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Yep, completely absurd but I'd also add that both the tech company and the school gov deserves equal shame here given there's proof of residence. I can't imagi

Yep, completely absurd but I'd also add that both the tech company and the school gov deserves equal shame here given there's proof of residence. I can't imagine why highly paid school admin wouldn't correct an obvious mistake.

echelon_musk 7mo ago
> highly paid school admin I would not have expected a school administrator to be highly paid. What kind of salary are we talking about here?
- criddell 7mo ago
  In Texas, the superintendent of the big school districts all make around $400k.
  - ceejayoz 7mo ago
    Yeah, but a good portion of that is making sure they keep the football team going.
    - criddell 7mo ago
      In the Dolton school district (Chicago suburb), their superintendent makes $530k / year. Is that for the football team?
      - ceejayoz 7mo ago
        Having never heard of Dolton before, I certainly can't speak to their specifics. School systems can be pretty huge orgs requiring significant management expertise; no one blinks an eye when a CEO gets pay for similar responsibilities. I've heard enough about Texas's high school football culture and the pressures on administrators over it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Stadium_(Allen,_Texas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Stadium_(Allen,_Texas) for example.
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        criddell 7mo ago
        My kids went to a big football high school in Texas and it wouldn't surprise me if the admins there felt a lot of pressure around football. It generated a lot of money for the district and proceeds funded a lot of the arts programs (especially marching band which was huge).
- hrimfaxi 7mo ago
  Is 500k highly paid? https://www.illinoispolicy.org/see-what-your-illinois-school-district-superintendent-made-in-2024/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/see-what-your-illinois-school... It's the teachers that are shafted, not the admin/manager class.
  - chaps 7mo ago
    ....yes, half a million dollars per year is highly paid.
  - echelon_musk 7mo ago
    That's mind blowing to me. I'd imagine they out earn a significant percentage of HN posters!
    - ceejayoz 7mo ago
      They're CEOs of fairly large organizations, often managing thousands of employees and budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars.
      - shrubble 7mo ago
        That’s spending that is all on autopilot; how much time does any CEO spend on payroll? Approximately zero.
        ceejayoz 7mo ago
        They aren't being paid the big bucks to sign off on a payroll run. They're being paid to manage the parts of the organizations that do that sort of thing, among others.
    - hrimfaxi 7mo ago
      And they get pensions!

echelon_musk 7mo ago

> highly paid school admin I would not have expected a school administrator to be highly paid. What kind of salary are we talking about here?

criddell 7mo ago
In Texas, the superintendent of the big school districts all make around $400k.
- ceejayoz 7mo ago
  Yeah, but a good portion of that is making sure they keep the football team going.
  - criddell 7mo ago
    In the Dolton school district (Chicago suburb), their superintendent makes $530k / year. Is that for the football team?
    - ceejayoz 7mo ago
      Having never heard of Dolton before, I certainly can't speak to their specifics. School systems can be pretty huge orgs requiring significant management expertise; no one blinks an eye when a CEO gets pay for similar responsibilities. I've heard enough about Texas's high school football culture and the pressures on administrators over it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Stadium_(Allen,_Texas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Stadium_(Allen,_Texas) for example.
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      - criddell 7mo ago
        My kids went to a big football high school in Texas and it wouldn't surprise me if the admins there felt a lot of pressure around football. It generated a lot of money for the district and proceeds funded a lot of the arts programs (especially marching band which was huge).
hrimfaxi 7mo ago
Is 500k highly paid? https://www.illinoispolicy.org/see-what-your-illinois-school-district-superintendent-made-in-2024/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/see-what-your-illinois-school... It's the teachers that are shafted, not the admin/manager class.
- chaps 7mo ago
  ....yes, half a million dollars per year is highly paid.
- echelon_musk 7mo ago
  That's mind blowing to me. I'd imagine they out earn a significant percentage of HN posters!
  - ceejayoz 7mo ago
    They're CEOs of fairly large organizations, often managing thousands of employees and budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars.
    - shrubble 7mo ago
      That’s spending that is all on autopilot; how much time does any CEO spend on payroll? Approximately zero.
      - ceejayoz 7mo ago
        They aren't being paid the big bucks to sign off on a payroll run. They're being paid to manage the parts of the organizations that do that sort of thing, among others.
  - hrimfaxi 7mo ago
    And they get pensions!