KTN Taxpayer Quiz

This quiz is needed as the government school establishment wants to highlight the new Kansas Education Commissioner, Bob Corkins, $140,000 a year salary.  All of the data from this quiz came from the Kansas Department of Education.

1) Who gets paid least?

A) Bob Corkins, Kansas Commissioner of Education

B) Trigg Thomas, Blue Valley School District Superintendent

C) Winston Brooks, Wichita Public School District Superintendent

D) Welton Sawyer, Topeka Public School District Superintendent

2) Who got paid more?

A) Marjorie Kaplan, Shawnee Mission School District Superintendent in 2005

B) Bill Clinton, President of the United States (last year in office in 2000)

C) Winston Brooks, Wichita School District Superintendent in 2005

3) Which government official gets paid more in 2005 than Commissioner of Education Bob Corkins?

A) Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, Doug Mays

B) Governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius

C) Kansas Attorney General, Phill Kline

D) Shawnee Mission Assistant Superintendent, Eugene Johnson

4) Which school superintendent received a 43 percent pay hike in 2005?

A) Shawnee Mission Public School Superintendent, Marjorie Kaplan

B) Wichita Public School Superintendent, Winston Brooks

C) Topeka Public School Superintendent, Welton Sawyer

5)  Which of these school superintendent's pay exceeds $140,000 a year in 2005?

A) Shawnee Mission Public School Superintendent, Marjorie Kaplan

B) Wichita Public School Superintendent, Winston Brooks

C) Olathe Public School Superintendent, Ronnie Wimmer

D) Blue Valley Public School Superintendent, Thomas Trigg

E) Derby Public School Superintendent, Michael Pomarico

F) Kansas City Public School Superintendent, Raymon Daniel

G) All of the above

H) None of the above

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