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<p>Because that is how public education --and all other public services-- work. Regardless of the districts, nobody is happy with the budgets and the salaries. When teachers are paid $60,000 for about 1,000 hours of performance, they think it should be $80,000. When the benefits packages cost an extra $20,000, someone will think it should be $24,000. The only items that are not subject to such inflation are the work hours and work days.</p>
<p>The system is extremely top-heavy and generous for the fat cats who have been there for a while. People who enter into the system hardly enjoy the benefits of seniority.</p>