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Originally Posted by opendoor
The OP posed a question about why teachers' salaries make up a relatively smaller portion of the overall budget compared to private business, and your answer to that is that teachers are paid too much? Did you even read the original post?
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Oops, I apologize. Yes I did read the OP, but I must have misunderstood what he was saying and what his numbers were saying.
I wonder, then, if it's inefficient use of infrastructure that is causing the problem(s). Students only occupy those buildings for about 50% of the year. Perhaps moving to a full-year system that utilizes the buildings for 100% (or close to it) of the year would be better. We'd need about half the schools. Move teachers to a more standard work schedule (start with three weeks off, earn more holiday with tenure) and quit building new schools. Maybe even sell off some of the current schools.