Show School Staff Scales Take Tale The Most School staff scales are unbalanced unbalanced unbalanced un un- balanced declared the Utah Taxpayers Association in their Bulletin issued today School budgets which are now being prepared will allocate 70 percent percent percent per per- cent of their totals to salaries salaries salaries sala sala- ries but salaries of superintendents superintendents superintendents principals janitors bus drivers and many others Yet all of the at attention is centered around negotiation of teacher salaries and classroom classroom classroom class class- room loads ACCORDING to the UTA there are 1750 non-classroom non professionals in Utah This includes principals supervisors guidance personnel librarians psychologists and other related related related re re- workers Last year these people were paid 16 plus some very liberal fringe benefits Figures supplied by the Research Research Research Re Re- search Division of the NEA show that professionals other than classroom teachers comprise comprise comprise com com- prise percent of the to total total total to- to tal staff in Utah public schools this year OUR OUR SCHOOLS are supporting supporting sup sup- p porting one professional staff member to every six classroom teachers said the Association Utah ranks highest of any state in the Intermountain area with a ratio of of of other professional professional professional pro pro- staff to classroom teachers We are 27 percent above the national average of 99 Since 1960 non-classroom non professional salaries including including including ing administrative personnel have increased from to or percent Teacher salaries in the same period went up percent SCHOOL superintendents are now among the highest paid public officials in the state For comparison the Governor receives The Superintendent of Weber Schools is paid Granite Granite Granite Gran Gran- ite Alpine Provo and Davis and Jordan The Utah Taxpayers Association Association Association Asso Asso- declared If conditions conditions conditions condi condi- are as serious as the above figures would lead us to believe then its it's high time that we sat down and took stock of our educational priorities priorities priorities realizing that it is the classroom teacher who is largely responsible for our childrens children's education and not the paid highly-paid and overstaffed overstaffed overstaffed over over- staffed non-classroom non AH S I HIGH GH tax burden is proof enough that we cannot cannot cannot can can- not afford to have our hard- hard earned tax dollars spent on anything but the most productive tive personnel f for o r o 0 our u r schools is the opinion of this nonpolitical group |