Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

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A. You have no idea who I am.
B. You must be a teacher.
C. I'm with Katelynn, maybe my Yes vote should be a No if the teachers aren't willing to contribute more to their health-care costs.

Time to share the costs

Business 101 - to cut costs you explore ALL alternatives. Health care costs have risen significantly and virtually ALL private employers have passed those costs on to their employees. My health care insurance expenses have doubled in the past five years. It is high time for the PLSD to pass those costs on to its employees.

I too have invested many years and many dollars in my professional education. Chosing the teaching profession does not provide you with a free card to ignore economic reality because the taxpayers are funding your pay.

Until I see the PLSD take the steps necessary to truely cut their costs my vote will be no on new taxes.

By Living in the real world

Time for year round school

The Teachers union has become the general motors worker's of the 50s. They get everything handed to them because they are ''professionals''. Do they think they are the only professionals in the world? Most teacher's contract are for 200 days. For you none math professionals that is 40 weeks worth of work. Normal hours during anyone of those 200 days is around 6 hours (8:00 AM until 2:30 PM with lunch break). The average professional in the US works at least 8 hours per day. He also works normally 48 weeks times the 8 hours equals 1,920 hours per year. If we pay say an engineer $75,000 per year then he makes around $39 per hour. He also pays part of his health care.

Compare that to a teacher 200 days times 6 hours making $65,000 per year with FULL BENEFITS equals $54.000 per hour. Plus the imputed income for the health benefits. Do any of these teachers claim the full health care coverage? At a previous job I had a company car and the IRS wanted the imputed income from that car and the benefits to me and my family. They also wanted the same thing for my health coverage.

Clearly the Teachers could skip a pay raise to TWO for a while.


If any of you have ever taught in private industry you will find that the classes go year round and for 8 hours per day.

So here's the thing. Lets have a board get our money's worth and have them work year round. Once they have their teaching duties done (6 Hours) have them clean the class rooms and hall ways and cut the custodian staff who by the way work year round.