LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough

[Weatherman2020]

It gets better:

Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.

According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.

Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.

But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.

LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.

So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.

 

[Andylusion]

It gets better:

Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.

According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.

Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.

But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.

LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.

So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.

Left-wingers don't care. They'll bankrupt the entire country, before admitting there isn't money for their demands.

 

[Mr Natural]

I guess in fly over country, $73 thousand could be considered a lot of money.

But in a modern, advanced region it’s really not.

 

[Weatherman2020]

I guess in fly over country, $73 thousand could be considered a lot of money.

But in a modern, advanced region it’s really not.

It’s well above average for LA, Dufus.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I guess in fly over country, $73 thousand could be considered a lot of money.

But in a modern, advanced region it’s really not.

Average salary in Los Angeles is $62,500

You may sit down now

 

[TNHarley]

Average salary in LA is 62k

 

[The Original Tree]

Teachers work 180 days a year. Libtards want crime, illegals, and lawlessness in their schools, then accept the pay the taxpayers are offering, or change your politics and join the private sector.

 

[Weatherman2020]

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[harmonica]

pensions are a killer
.....if anyone should be paid ''higher'', it's the teachers--but they have to perform well to earn it--they are rearing/teaching/etc our future
however, the parents have the critical role --
cut the politicians salary/benefits/pensions

 

[BrokeLoser]

Just another case of Wetbacks fucking real Americans over.

Student Characteristics
In all, 94 languages other than English are spoken in L.A. Unified schools. The District has 157,619 students who are learning to speak English proficiently. Their primary languages are Spanish (92.5% of English learners), Armenian (1.1%), Korean (1%) Tagalog, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian, each accounting for less than 1% of total. The District also has more than 7,000 foster care students.

Student Enrollment
Latino
74.0%*
White
9.8%
African American
8.4%
Asian
6.0%
Pacific Islander
.04%
American Indian/Alaskan Native
.02

 

[harmonica]

Just another case of Wetbacks fucking real Americans over.

Student Characteristics
In all, 94 languages other than English are spoken in L.A. Unified schools. The District has 157,619 students who are learning to speak English proficiently. Their primary languages are Spanish (92.5% of English learners), Armenian (1.1%), Korean (1%) Tagalog, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian, each accounting for less than 1% of total. The District also has more than 7,000 foster care students.

Student Enrollment
Latino
74.0%*
White
9.8%
African American
8.4%
Asian
6.0%
Pacific Islander
.04%
American Indian/Alaskan Native
.02

Cali is the immigrant/illegal capital of the US

 

[BrokeLoser]

Just another case of Wetbacks fucking real Americans over.

Student Characteristics
In all, 94 languages other than English are spoken in L.A. Unified schools. The District has 157,619 students who are learning to speak English proficiently. Their primary languages are Spanish (92.5% of English learners), Armenian (1.1%), Korean (1%) Tagalog, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian, each accounting for less than 1% of total. The District also has more than 7,000 foster care students.

Student Enrollment
Latino
74.0%*
White
9.8%
African American
8.4%
Asian
6.0%
Pacific Islander
.04%
American Indian/Alaskan Native
.02

Cali is the immigrant/illegal capital of the US

They don’t call us Mexifornia for nothing

 

[Flash]

As much as I hate these filthy ass Unions I suspect that in Kommie Kalifornia with its high taxation and expensive welfare state for the Illegals $73K a year isn't much.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough

In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.

 

[Unkotare]

Just another case of Wetbacks fucking real Americans over.

Student Characteristics
In all, 94 languages other than English are spoken in L.A. Unified schools. The District has 157,619 students who are learning to speak English proficiently. Their primary languages are Spanish (92.5% of English learners), Armenian (1.1%), Korean (1%) Tagalog, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian, each accounting for less than 1% of total. The District also has more than 7,000 foster care students.

Student Enrollment
Latino
74.0%*
White
9.8%
African American
8.4%
Asian
6.0%
Pacific Islander
.04%
American Indian/Alaskan Native
.02

And this scares nutless chickenshits like you to death.

 

[DustyInfinity]

LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough

In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.

A 300 dollar cheeseburger would sure hit the spot.

 

[Harry Dresden]

LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough

In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.

depends on were you live.....the wealthy coastal areas and some inland areas it may just be getting by....but anywhere else you would be living fairly good.......

 

[Weatherman2020]

LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough

In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.

depends on were you live.....the wealthy coastal areas and some inland areas it may just be getting by....but anywhere else you would be living fairly good.......

Average salary in LA is $62k. That puts teachers in the upper end and only work a fraction of the time what everyone else must work. And then huge pensions, and impossible to fire for doing a crappy job.

 

[initforme]

According to some of the posters it depends on where you live because oh by good they say living on 20 bucks an hour in South Carolina is not hard because ohhhhh by good what a great place to live. Truth be told they are wrong and should not make those false lie claims.

 

[Bush92]

Crybabies. Communist. You indoctrinated this idea of a lack of personal responsibility, being gainfully employed, and paying taxes to support public education for Not our youth. Now it bites you on the ass. You people have reaped what you’ve sown.