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Superintendent Apologizes for 'Several Factual Errors' in CFO Interview - Voice of San Diego: Education

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Superintendent Apologizes for 'Several Factual Errors' in CFO Interview

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Posted: Monday, February 4, 2013 12:36 pm | Updated: 12:39 pm, Mon Feb 4, 2013.

San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bill Kowba sent over a lengthy written response to our explosive interview last week with the district's new chief financial officer, Stan Dobbs.
The letter states that Dobbs made "several factual errors and misrepresentations that need corrections" in his interview.
The key inaccuracies, according to Kowba:
• Teachers at the district do not make an average of $92,000 a year plus benefits, as Dobbs said. Kowba writes that the $92,000 figure includes health and other benefits costs. "A classroom teacher’s average salary is in the $65-$70,000 range with starting teachers