This is depressingly common, and sadly the casualties usually don’t stop at STEM classes but include most other subjects too. I’m not going to say that sports aren’t important in their own right, but it really bums me out that other classes are so often getting neglected (and in some cases shuttered) in their favor.

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bigbuppo 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I've seen STEAM and SHTEAM tossed around as they add art and history to the mix. It's clear at this point that sports were a mistake.

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gosub100 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

In my hometown the football team never got lavish treatment (but I am aware of that problem in the midwest/south particularly), but what upset me so much was seeing the salaries paid to the school superintendents. In a modest CoL area, a school superintendent does not need to be making $600k+. There should be a salary cap on jobs like that because the extra money does not add value.

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thewebguyd 4 days ago | parent [-]

> In a modest CoL area, a school superintendent does not need to be making $600k+. There should be a salary cap on jobs like that because the extra money does not add value.

It's especially disgusting when you realize just how little teachers are paid. Where I live the superintendent makes ~$300k. Average teacher salary? $49k-$65k. This is a HCoL area too, you can't live on that.

	▲	cosmic_cheese 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		As someone with family who used to be a teacher, yes their low compensation is infuriating, especially when speaking about those who deeply care about their work and its impact on kids. Their workload is high to start out with and only becomes that much greater when they go out of their way to make sure their classes are well attended to and prospering.