There are 60 school boards in BC, for a total population of 5.6 million.
Each school board has 5 executives:
- superintendent, assistant, treasurer, etc.
Their income varies between 200k$ and 500k$ each per year
If we take the average of 300k$/year, which is probably below average, we end up with:
300 * 5 * 60 = 90 million$ per year.
All the data is publicly available here:
https://www.publicsectorcompensation.gov.bc.ca/executive-compensation-disclosures/2024-2025
I don't even know where to begin. Why do we need so many school boards? Why are they all paid that much? Some of them are in charge of 10 schools or less. Can't the education government just do that job without needing 60 additional boards?
It is not even the cost of those school boards - it is just the executives income.
How did we end up in such a situation?