Admin growth outpaces teachers in MontCo | Washington Examiner

Admin growth outpaces teachers in MontCo | Washington Examiner

...Even as the $2.2 billion school system has made significant cuts since fiscal 2009, including about $18 million from the central office, the number of administrators has grown significantly in the second half of the decade. Administrators are the highest-paid employees in the district.

Since 2005, the number of teachers in Montgomery schools has stayed roughly the same at just under 12,000, according to a staff statistical profile compiled by the district's Employee and Retiree Service Center. At the same time, the number of administrators has grown to 720 in 2010 from about 650 in 2005. The average teacher makes about $76,000, while administrators generally make between $100,000 and $150,000...