Dr. Steven Ladd, Elk Grove Unified School District

[htnewkom]

Follow the teacher's union on twitter. @EGEALeadership they plan to post updates of the board meeting agenda to get more supporters to attend when it counts.

[htnewkom]

Do you think you can present this video at an EGUSD school board meeting? It takes less than 2 minutes. You should hand out fliers with the info and link. Do you have a Twitter account to get parents mobilized to board meetings? Or a Facebook we can follow with all of these videos etc?

[EGUSDparents]

@htnewkom Hi...I think that your suggestion is a GREAT idea. Do you think that the EGUSD would allow this video to be shown??? Seriously?? They control ALL information about what is happening. There is a Facebook Page: Concerned EGUSD for Common Sense. Feel free to email the link to these videos to EVERYONE that you know.

[msladypaj]

What do you think is a reasonable salary for the Superintendent of Elk Grove Schools? Have you looked at the salaries of the superintendents of other school districts?

[Teachersneedtoknow]

Bionic PJ: State workers starting as a low Gen Services Specialist start at a higher salary than a teacher does. They also work A LOT less with less stress. Their retirement accrues at a faster rate than teachers. Teachers have to pay more into their retirement than do state workers. You're comparing apples to oranges below.

Get your workers to work for the least amount of money and still do their job = a managers job. Look up for answers not down at the classrooms.

[BionicPJ]

I understand how the system works. In these horrible budget times employees’ sharing in the pain is also how the system works. State workers (and everyone else) pay far more for medical than our teachers. I understand why they don't want to, but they HAVE to. My understanding is that the Superintendent will also have the same medical coverage increase as would all employees. The alternative is no sports, insane class sizes, no extracurricular activities, shorter school year, and on and on.

[Teachersneedtoknow]

@BionicPJ The latter of what you said is inevitable. Just give it time.

[sotosports]

To BionicPJ:

1) if it is true, it is not slander

2) I would hope that the Superintendant earns his money by doing his job incredibly well. You said he makes a ridiculous amount because people criticize him????

3) If the School Board is not representing the masses...the masses will vote them out of office. That is how this system works.

[BionicPJ]

@sotosports Classic... You just put words in my mouth. I hate to deflate your emotion but nothing here is being portrayed accurately. I never used the word or inferred that his salary is "ridiculous." I did say that I think a large part of the rationale around a Superintendent’s pay is things like this.

[sotosports]

@BionicPJ: No, you didn't say his salary is ridiculous. However...most of the people in Elk Grove believe it is RIDICULOUS.

[BionicPJ]

@sotosports It's not true, and fiduciary responsibility for any school board member or Superintendent will keep them from giving away the farm.

[sotosports]

@BionicPJ: So you are saying that he does NOT get Free Medical Care for life?

[sotosports]

@BionicPJ: I just read his contract. He DOES get free life insurance and free LIFETIME healthcare for life.

[sactobaseball]

I just read on another website that Dr. Ladd's contract not only gives him $243,000+ Dollars a year, but also gives him and his wife FREE MEDICAL CARE for LIFE!!  He is doing something to the teachers that he would NEVER let happen to himself. Am I the only one who is starting to smell something that stinks? What the hell is the EGUSD thinking? I agree, time to evaluate and vote them out.

[Teachersneedtoknow]

@Teachersneedtoknow P.S. Capping the medical means:

#1- Your pay will decrease by at least 12% a year, permanently!

#2- Most will not be able to afford medical after a couple years thus dropping their medical.

[BionicPJ]

@Teachersneedtoknow Which also means that for all the prior years when medical costs have increased that teacher received a comparable raise. Things cost more now, like gasoline, but nobody is covering that increase for me? And heatlh care.....

[Teachersneedtoknow]

Teachers: Please quit saying, " I can't do that to my students". (work to contract) If you don't stand up now, good people will not want to teach due to the lack of compensation. If you don't act now you will save you class the next two years. If you do act now, you will save every class for the next 20 years. How many students do you want to save by saving our profession? These two years or the next 20? If you don't, the cuts will continue until you do.

[Albianiegea]

The definition of a good boss is one that gives you the tools to do your job effectively. The definition of a bad boss is one that passes their problems on to you to solve. The definition of a terrible boss is one that allows their subordinates to suffer the consequences of the boss' ineffectiveness.

[BionicPJ]

and we all make personal decisions in life. I respect their jobs and hope they respect mine. The reason Superintendents make so much is largely due to slanderous and personal public attacks like this. The goal here is not to elect a new school board but to bully the existing one until you get your way. I personally hope they do what's right for the long term viability of the district.

[sactobaseball]

@BionicPJ: Have the actions of Dr. Ladd and the School Board awakened the apathetic parents like me who usually could care less about what the School Board does??? Hell yes it has.

Do I think that you are either a School Board Member or Administrator trying to put a negative spin on the common sense questions that are being asked by the people that you are supposed to serve? YES

[sactobaseball]

@ Bionic PJ: As for the facts…does Dr. Ladd make more money than the Vice President of the United States? YES

Does Dr. Ladd make more than every Governor in the United States? YES

Is that an obscene amount of money to pay a Superintendent of a School District? YES

Does it look bad for Dr. Ladd and upper management to accept raises of $10,000 per year when laying off teachers? YES

Do decisions to approve $10,000 raises make the EGUSD School Board look irresponsible? YES

[sactobaseball]

Dear BionicPJ,

You stated that this "political video is purposely misleading and full of deceit including the name of the publisher".

Let me address your claim that the name of this group is misleading. I too am part of this group. I am not a member of the EGEA and I am not a teacher. I am, however a tax payer, I am a parent and I have been wondering what the School Board has done with their common sense. It is not a misleading name. This video got over 500 views...do you need more proof?

[BionicPJ]

This political video is purposely misleading and full of deceit including the name of the publisher. The "raise" being referred to is a step increase which thousands of teachers received this year costing the district multi millions. This misguided message is clear "honor my contract but not someone else's.". Check the facts for yourself.

[sotosports]

@nospigttam: I have been to many board meetings. I watch the board members and they never look like they are listening to anyone other than each other.

[nospigttam]

@sotosports Then vote them out! They should be listening to YOU the voter!

[infectedlogic]

"Affect" their children's education. Tum tee too.

[nospigttam]

If you are a parent in Elk Grove and don't like what you just saw, go to a board meeting or email/write the board members. They listen to parents most of all!