Food for thought....

I've been doing some numbers crunching regarding salaries and thought I'd share what I've found:

For an 8-year teacher with an MA, here are how the numbers line up (figures below show salary plus MA stipend minus the amount paid for benefits):

Hayward: $60,853
San Lorenzo: $62,248 (SLZUSD pays for teachers' benefits, so on their salary schedule, what you see is what you get.)
Newark: $67,652
New Haven: $68,342

and GET THIS: Fremont will only transfer 5 years experience, SO:

Fremont: $62,762 @ 6 years !!!! (and this this is minus $5174 for benefits)

How can Hayward hope to keep teachers with salaries like this in nearby districts? They need to get real and raise our salaries!