SCHOOL BOARD PIGS AT THE TROUGH CONTINUE ON

Yesterday's Waterloo Region Record carrys this story "Top school wages not frozen, analysis shows". Oh I am so shocked (not!). Just because the provincial government which nominally is in charge of education imposed a wage freeze on executive educational salaries; that doesn't mean that local boards and superintendants think it applys to them. It turns out that increases have continued on despite the alleged 2011-2014 wage freeze. Meanwhile we are advised that the Catholic Board may have trouble hiring a new education director because they are limited to a $200,565 annual salary. Poor babies, poor ed director, however will you survive? The Chair of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board asks why a potential education director would come and work for them for only $200,565 per year. Gee maybe do you think the individual should have some interest in say education? Perhaps even a background in local education. Is Waterloo Region so inhospitable educationally that qualified persons will avoid this area? I don't think so. It's just a game to keep everlasting upward pressure on all the executives salaries. Me first, education way down the line attitude and it permeates both boards apparently.