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Monday, December 19, 2011

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?:


Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?

Reader J.C. (not Brizard) makes a good point. If Chicago mayor and school boss, Rahm Emanuel moves ahead with his plan to throw another large no-bid contract K12 Inc.'s way, a big chunk of that money will go towards covering boss Ron Packard's $5 million annual compensation package.

Not to mention other K12 exec salaries, including:
  • Chief financial officer Harry T. Hawks earned about $544,000 — significantly less than his 2010 package, which was worth $1.8 million.
  • George B. Hughes Jr., executive vice president of school services