The Greater Victoria School District spent $82.7 million on teachersB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ salaries in the financial year that ended June 30, 2018.
This figure B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ which appears in the districtB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s audited financial statement B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ means that teachersB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ salaries accounted for around 59 per cent of total salaries in the district, which includes most B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ but not all B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ schools in Saanich.
Educational assistants made up the second-largest category with $17.3 million, followed by support staff with $16.7 million. Principals and vice-principals earned $11.7 million, while substitutes accounted for $8.2 million and other professionals made up the rest with $4.2 million.
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Their total employee benefits totaled $31.4 million, for a grand total of 172.3 million in actual total salaries and benefits.
Looking at available figures for the districtB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s top executives, then-superintendent of school Peter Langstraat drew a total compensation of $233,944 (including benefits and pensions) in the 2016-2016 financial year in topping all eight school district executives in terms of compensation.
Mark Walsh, secondary-treasurer, earned at total of $188,622 to rank behind Langstraat, who retired at the end of the last school year.
His successor B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ earned a total of $177,904 during her final year as deputy superintendent before assuming control.
The district ran a deficit of $2.79 million last year, with total revenues totally $230.8 million.
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