That's 1.5 times more than they need for salaries. They never talk about this windfall and what they plan to do with it. Quoting a monthly rate increase rather than a yearly amount is deliberately misleading. It would be refreshingly honest if they would tell people that the tax also applies to personal property. They don't want voters to know until after it's too late for a backlash.
Voters have to decide.
The centerpiece claim of this campaign. Truth This is hair-splitting. The whole issue of how they recruit, hire and compensate deserves in-depth examination. That practice rewards incompetence and is a disincentive to retention of the best teachers. The un-averaged numbers look like this.