Thanks for a complete and balanced report on this issue. From what some of my teacher friends say, the cuts are unnecessary, its anti-union, etc. So many have become entitlement socialists. The cost of doing business in Michigan needs to be reduced to stop the outflow of those small businesses which provide the jobs to pay the taxes to ensure the teachers' salaries. Some just do not "get it".

There is no question there is still plenty of fat to be cut from public education. Administrative salaries are completely out of control, and there are too many of them. A district the size of Ludington for example, a super, asst. super, budget director building principals, asst. principals. All these positions making 100g's per year and more, and that is just the cash side. Then if we want to talk about top heavy, we could have a whole other conversation about the ISD level, these places bring a whole new meaning to the phrase top heavy. There needs to be a serious conversation about abolishing all ISDs.

Just to be clear, no admin in Ludington makes over 100,000. In fact, the admin in Ludington are very underpayed compared to other towns. Also, Ludington has a super, a High School Principal, Asst. High School Principal, a Middle School Principal, a 3-5 Principal and 2 K-2 Principals. That is one principal per building with the exception of the high school. All of them are very overworked and underpayed. I don't know about other districts as I live in Ludington but I can assure you that there is no extra fat to be trimmed from Ludington admin.

Calley to schools: Tough s---!