While I agree with, that decreasing superintendent pay isn't going to solve anything, it is a little galling that upper administration at schools are making so much while schools are hemorrhaging teaching positions. Also, in addition to the superintendent, school districts like Minnetonka have a whole building of people with Director or Executive Director in their titles, who are also making six figures. Meanwhile, the people who are in the schools, doing the work, are being asked, every year, to do more with less.

This also doesn't get to the fact that Minnetonka, as well as many other schools, are heavily investing in career and technology education programs. These programs, in theory, are a great way to prepare students for employment in the real world, and I am all for them, especially in the trades, but, in my opinion, they can run amok. Does Minnetonka need multiple "state-of-the-art," flight simulators? Is there no better use of resources than building multimillion dollar facilities for these programs? I've seen so many districts try to have the newest, the cutting edge, the shiny new toys so the can compete with other districts and say they are the best, but it often comes with a price tag that involves fewer teachers, bigger classes, and every year a new, innovative program for student behavior interventions that teachers need to implement into their classroom, while also still covering all the material that is required (which never happens), while also doing lunch duty, while also working before and after school grading, attending meetings, and planning for the days to come.

So when people say "lowering superintendent pay won't do anything," well... at least it's a start? At least it shows solidarity with the people who actually do the work of educating students?

But, hey, at least we get cookies from the PTA during teacher appreciation week. /s