Teachers around Ohio are starting to wake up to the culture at STRS... Over 40k teachers around Ohio have been shining the spotlight on the perks at STRS. As we've seen on the Facebook Members Only Forum and STRS Ohio Watchdog website, below are the highlights of the ridiculous benefits STRS employees receive year after year, all paid with OUR MONEY Reminder - OEA Candidates have never voted no on any of these:

TOTAL COMPENSATION The average STRS Employee Makes $153,000 Per Year: This is up from $119k in 2015 (see chart below) We have received one COLA in that time span STRS Staff raised their own salaries every single year Matthew Worley's Total Compensation is Close to $1,000,000: Base Salary = $373,000 2021 Bonus = $446,481 OPERS Pension Plan = 14% of total above* * Yes, you read that correctly, STRS employees don't even use STRS pension plan, they pay into OPERS. Odd to say the least.  ** Worley was also responsible for the $525 Million investment in Panda that went bankrupt. To clarify, Worley used STRS money to invest in an amateur wrestling league in Texas. The league went bankrupt and STRS lost 100% of the investment. Half a billion dollars of our money down the drain. STRS Financial Perks are Abnormal 108 employees at STRS make more than the Governor of Ohio. Full-time & Part-time employees can receive 100% tuition reimbursement (in the past STRS staff have given their children part-time summer jobs, and then we teachers covered their tuition) Their building, also known as "The Palace" has a luxury day care center, a fitness center (which cost us $400k to build), heated sidewalks (cost us $185k), a brick paver garage, and even a $250k splash pad for their kids to use in the summer (not open to the public). SOURCE: STRS Fiscal Budget Report