School District

On Schedule

Payments

Off-Schedule

Payments

Longevity

Payments

Retirement/

Severance

Payments

Salary Sub-

Total

MPSERS/FICA

(24.59%) TOTAL

Cost Compared

to GPPSS

District

Rev/Pupil

GPPSS

Students in

2007-8

Pro-Rated

Revenue

Annual

Transportation

Expense

Bloomfield Hills $44,456,053 $0 $0 $300,000 $44,756,053 $11,005,513 $55,761,566 ($3,272,996) $15,957 8,853 $141,267,321 $3,457,729

Birmingham $44,723,441 $0 $222,200 $240,000 $45,185,641 $11,111,149 $56,296,790 ($2,737,773) $13,841 8,853 $122,534,373 $3,748,857

Farmington $43,064,066 $0 $230,500 $90,000 $43,384,566 $10,668,265 $54,052,831 ($4,981,732) $12,514 8,853 $110,786,442 $6,882,911

GPPSS $46,273,480 $462,735 $646,852 $0 $47,383,066 $11,651,496 $59,034,562 $0 $12,104 8,853 $107,156,712 $681,749

2007-8 Teacher Salary Grid and Other Data Comparison

Summary: In response to the theory that GPPSS teachers have a higher average salary in comparison to other districts because they have more years of experience, this report summarizes the financial

impact of arraying the GPPSS teacher population into the salary grids of three other local and comparable school districts; Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, and Farmington. Translated: If teachers from

GPPSS were transported into the salary grids of these schools with the same years of service and educational credits/credentials, this report compares the total aggregate cost. It also factors other

contract established compensation tools. Longevity payments are incremental to steps and lanes, but are also based on years of service. Some districts also have embedded retirement or severance

payments. (Sources: GPPSS data, teacher contracts from comparison districts, and State of Michigan Dept. of Education)

Prepared by: Brendan Walsh

Assumptions: 20 teachers would retire each year in all retirement calculations. Assumed Birminham teachers retired with 30 years of

service. Assumed half of Bloomfield teachers received grandfathered retirement incentive for an average of $15,000 per teacher. It was

otherwise capped at $10,000. All other projections use actual GPPSS teacher data.

This grid shows what GPPSS revenue would if we received

the same per pupil funding as the comparison district. It

also shows each district's transportation expense.