A School District Administration that we Cannot Afford Feb 27. 2010 | Comments (0)
I must respond to Ben Nelms’ recent attempt to adjudicate the exorbitant salary of Fayette County School Superintendent John DeCotis. To compare DeCotis’ salary with other overpaid administrators in the Atlanta area is hardly justification. In fact, administrator salaries have risen across the board in recent years, the result of school districts being awash in cash from a rapid rise in property assessments and high QBE (Quality Basic Education) state funding. This has generated a “club” of overpaid executive wannabe’s similar to what we’ve found in corporate America. Today, with school budgets in the red, these high salary levels must end throughout the state, and I say it begins here in Fayette County. Dr. DeCotis blames our budget shortfall largely on cuts in state funding. The only actual reduction has been in state QBE funding which goes directly to district superintendents to spend as they please. This has...