Let's Compare and Contrast, Shall We?
Or, let's not. From the AP:
Port of Seattle commissioners voted Tuesday for a sevenfold pay raise to $42,000 a year, about the same as a Washington state legislator.
Port spokesman Jason Kelly says Commission President Tom Albro proposed the pay hike to make the job more attractive to applicants. The vote ties commission salaries to the pay of state lawmakers.
The raise won't take effect until after the next election. Albro has said he'll decline his, if he is re-elected.
Current commissioners earn $6,000 a year. They also can take $104 per diem for each day of commission work
Port of Seattle commissioners voted Tuesday for a sevenfold pay raise to $42,000 a year, about the same as a Washington state legislator.
Port spokesman Jason Kelly says Commission President Tom Albro proposed the pay hike to make the job more attractive to applicants. The vote ties commission salaries to the pay of state lawmakers.
The raise won't take effect until after the next election. Albro has said he'll decline his, if he is re-elected.
Current commissioners earn $6,000 a year. They also can take $104 per diem for each day of commission work
Seattle School District Boundaries - A New Thought?
From the NY Times, a story about a quiet young man who, single-handedly, came up with the idea that will now drive the Boston School District enrollment plan. Quite a feat.
While school officials and parents here were debating how to assign students to Boston’s public schools, a lanky young man was quietly observing their public proceedings.
He quickly saw the Rubik’s Cube-like puzzle: How could the school system design a plan that would send children to a good school, close to their homes — in a city that had too few good schools?* And could that plan also ensure that students from poor neighborhoods had the same chance of attending good schools as those from more affluent neighborhoods?
*Note, I don't actually believe we have "too few" good schools in our district but in the name of fairness, this
While school officials and parents here were debating how to assign students to Boston’s public schools, a lanky young man was quietly observing their public proceedings.
He quickly saw the Rubik’s Cube-like puzzle: How could the school system design a plan that would send children to a good school, close to their homes — in a city that had too few good schools?* And could that plan also ensure that students from poor neighborhoods had the same chance of attending good schools as those from more affluent neighborhoods?
*Note, I don't actually believe we have "too few" good schools in our district but in the name of fairness, this
