>[Not trying to pick on anyone; this is for my own edification]
>
><<Information Systems team at public school district in Sacramento,
>California, is expanding -- needs to add someone with HP-3000 system
>management, hardware/software support, and staff development/training
>skills.
>
>Position = Computer Systems Specialist (#201204)
>
>Salary = $2,393-$3,209 per month (plus paid holidays, vacation, sick
>leave, and comprehensive medical/dental/vision/life insurance package).>>
>
>
>These numbers sound incredibly low; am I that out of touch with reality?
>Or our school systems really at that much of a disadvantage competing for
>talent?
>
>Steve
>

I can't tell from here in regards to your relationship to reality.  But I
can tell you that depending on the article you read, California ranks either
last or at least in the bottom 1/3 in the spending per pupil.  And I am
pretty sure it costs a bit more to run a school in Sacramento than it does
in Montana or Mississipi.


Gary Jackson
Nevada CSOS
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(916) 478-6410 - fax