Report Inappropriate Comments

Ok John, fair enough, lets call it a truce. However, lets also be clear about the teachers. They are not underpaid, our student scores are awful and our system needs an overhaul. I am exhausted listening to all of our municipal employees complaining that they are underpaid. Teachers work 180 days per year, have 13 of those off for "professional days", have a 90 day sick day provision, and until recently, were paying $11/week for the best medical. No where in private industry does that happen. The average Warwick teacher is making @ $80 - $85K. Not too shabby. Add in all of the holidays and its not a bad gig. They need to stop complaining and frankly, if we have any decent math teachers, I would love them to get vocal at a council meeting and disseminate the waste in the budget, then I would be impressed. It gets very frustrating year after year watching the massive waste in this city. If Scott Avedisian worked in the private sector, how long do you think it would be before he got the ax? That also goes for the school administration.