Colorado Springs 11 School District Top Administrators Paid $3.14 Million
Twenty-four District Employees Paid $100,000+

Colorado Springs -- Colorado Springs 11 (CS-11) today acknowledged that its top administrative staff costs taxpayers in excess of $3 million dollars. According to figures released by CS-11, twenty-four central administrative staff members are paid in more than $100,000 per year with its Superintendent leading the way with a compensation package totaling $272,992 a year!

This type of administrative largess is exactly why parents, taxpayers and teachers are frustrated. We pay higher taxes and school budgets expand, but our classrooms are being shortchanged because of a bloated and self-important central administration.

According to budget figures from the State Department of Education, CS-11 classrooms only receive 51% of its operational budget, well below the Colorado statewide average of 57.3%. Colorado ranks a dismal 48 th nationally in the percentage of money reaching the classroom.

The Standard & Poor's produced website www.SchoolMatters.com , lists median household incomes within CS-11 at $44,771 and incomes per person at $22,548. The 24 top CS-11 administrators whose incomes are above $100,000 would fall within the top 8.2% of all earners living in the CS-11 boundary, with the three administrators making above $200,000 falling within the top 3% of all earners. The website also confirms CS-11's embarrassing “in-the-classroom” ratios with only 50.6% of operating budgets making it to CS-11 classrooms.

The arrogance of the educrats within CS-11 knows no bound. They attack proposals designed to place money in the classroom by using taxpayer money that should have been spent where -- in the classroom! They benefit from salaries placing themselves in the top echelon of all CS-11 incomes. They simply have no respect for our classrooms, our teachers, our parents and our taxpayers. The end result is simple and predictable -- our children are being shortchanged.

Colorado Springs 11 School District Highest Paid Employees

Director of Attendance Services $108,441

Deputy Superintendent - Instruction $203,682

Executive Director of Instruction (X4) $139,475 (x4)

Director of Curriculum Alignment $106,695

Director of Curriculum, Assessment $128,272

Asst Director of Curriculum Assessment $112,037

Director of CQI $120,447

Director of Special Education: $109,715

Supervisor – Vocational Education $109,553

Athletic Supervisor $100,000

Director of Community Relations $113,880

Deputy Superintendent - Business Services $204,793

Director of Budget Services $112,643

Director Procurement Contracting (X2) $111,605 (x2)

Director of Fiscal Services $101,613

Supervisor of Maintenance & Ops $114,500

Transportation Supervisor $101,167

Director Human Resources $136,253

Deputy Director HR $109,000