According to the booklet handed out by my congress-cretins WA's expenditures per student is $10,073.
The booklet does not say whether that is just what the STATE puts in or if that includes local levees and etc.

They put Teacher salaries at $53,738 (average) - you should see what the University of WA pays...

EDIT: the booklet also says 18.7 students per teacher....

and the teacher salary is shown as a base salary of $53 some odd but shows an "additional salary" figure of up to $14,543. I think this is a premium paid for more experienced teachers and depends on years of service.

$53k is nowhere close to total comp.

There are already lots of schools with armed peace officers on the premises. They're in the ghetto. Soccer moms don't want to send little Taylor and Madison to one of "those" schools...they'd rather ban guns.

Excellent point.
When I estimate the cost of any full-time employee with full benefits, I double the stated income for total compensation, although that might be a little bit high. 1.6 or 1.7 x stated income?

We had 2 cops at all times at my school, sometimes 3 and a few times a lot more. The cops weren't very happy after they stuffed a mentally ill kid in the back of a car, because some guys grabbed rocks and busted out all the windows, pulled him out and got him home. Fun times

Well I guess to be fair the range is between 19K and 6k....depending on the state.

2015 numbers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/loc ... 55608ba195

Best answer!

From WA.gov. Insthlee'ths budget.

See especially, page 18 for teachers salary:

https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/ ... lights.pdf

Favorite quote: Washington has fallen behind other states in revenue as a share of the economy.

To me, that means "job well done!" (to them, it's an excuse to raise taxes)

WA State just got a $600-$2000+ increase on every home in this great state, so WA has a TON of money for real school safety.

That is a VERY short message. State repubes should run with a commercial.

Can't be that hard??

Because we're not propaganda machines?

The left doesn’t want to talk or listen. They want it their way and that’s it.

No those prices don't reflect levies as they vary from district to district.

The states per student price is actually closer to $13k. This number is come by through adding up what all Washington public education pays into utilities, custodial, transportation, maintenance, teacher pay and benefits, administrative costs, etc, and dividing it up per student. As so I've been told.

The 'additional salary' is not based on experience unless the district negotiated some additional pay based on years worked in the district, but that is usually not the case. That additional pay can come from various sources. Such as if a teacher has gone through the National Board Certification program the feds will pay them an additional 5k a year, with a renewal of the cert in 5 years. Other districts also pay teachers to do additional jobs beyond the school day, such as coaching and after school activities that extend beyond the contracted day. More students in a classroom beyond the state level, or district negotiated level can bring about more pay. Some districts pay into benefits differently than other districts and that shows up as additional too.

As for class size funding it changes by grade level. The state is 'fully funding' classrooms grade K-3 at 18 kids per class. It goes up from there to 28 kids in a 7th grade class.

One thing that isn't mentioned in your post is how much districts pay to administration (well over 100k plus all their bennies) and district office employees. Not to mention the pay of those at OSPI and ESD, which I was told paid through taxes but I'm not 100%.

I don't believe there should have to be any counter narrative of the right, if we(they) follow the laws and RIGHTS currently on the books there should be no reason for the need to defend.
More taxing? Our taxes are already wasted on the unneeded and frivolous.
If they want to raise, or make a new tax, for building more mental facilities, jails and prisons, I'd be happily and ectstatically thrilled while checking the yes box.
Metal detectors, guards and other feel safe shit still doesn't stop a nut case, locking them up and making any chance of them legally buying a weapon does in their lifetime does.
It absolutely sucks to bluntly state the fact that school shootings will never stop. But taking problem people out of society does greatly minimize it.

We have schools buying millions of dollars worth of art, decorative lunch rooms and expensive teacher getaways for training, I do have family that are teachers in Washington State so not pulling shit out of my ass.
Even they complain that it doesn't help education, and all that money used to make a school pretty, could be used for actual education or more help for students falling behind and having a problem keeping up with the rest of the class.

Our tax dollars are already wasted and we have no say.
Our education system is on, or there, the brink of corruption.
Our laws are unenforced and plea bargained to nothing.
Lack of empathy and the lack of abilities to accept, or deal with, failure is the new normal.

I prefer a consistent message based on a principled stance instead of always changing reactionaryism.

Stay on message.