School administrators' actions being used by those battling for Blunt's 65 percent proposal

The actions of area school boards in raising administrators' salaries while cutting teaching positions during the 2003-2004 school year is being used as ammunition by supporters of Governor Matt Blunt's plan to require 65 percent of school funding go into educational rather than administrative costs.
Area school districts fitting into that category, according to the website RightMissouri.com include: Carl Junction, Diamond, East Newton, Jasper, Joplin, Lamar, Lockwood, Neosho, Seneca, Webb City, and Springfield.
But those figures are paltry compared to St. Louis City which eliminated 401 positions, while giving the superintendent a $16,820 raise, St. Louis County Special, which cut 114 positions and raised the chief administrator's pay $27,500.