"MILWAUKEE – It’s hardly a secret that Milwaukee Public Schools dug a deep financial hole over the years with overgenerous benefit packages for employees.
As far back as 2010, Milwaukee City Alderman Bob Donovan pointed out that the district was spending 74 cents on employee benefits for every dollar in salary.
The average teacher had benefits worth more than $40,000 per year, pushing total compensation packages for many teachers above $100,000.
Donovan called the situation “unsustainable and overly generous,” and he was absolutely correct.
...In the 2013-14 school year, for instance, an amazing total of 1,272 MPS employees had salary and benefit packages worth more than $100,000.By comparison, the Seattle school district had only 313 employees receiving compensation packages worth at least $100,000 in 2014-15.
The San Francisco district had 769 that year.
All 1,272 of those MPS employees received five-figure benefit packages. The cost of benefits for individuals ranged between $23,000 and $90,000.
...With so many educators making very good money, one might assume that MPS students are getting a great education.
But that’s apparently not the case.
In 2013-14 the district received an overall score of 51.1 on a scale of 100 from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
That means the school district “failed to meet expectations.”
So maybe, just maybe, some of those 1,272 employees are just a bit overpaid?"
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