Rochester district spent $37 million on salaries in 2012-13, while laying off teachers, cutting programs

Rochester district spent $37 million on salaries in 2012-13, while laying off teachers, cutting programs - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:
"In 2013 only four percent of eighth-graders were proficient in math and only six percent in English.
In 2012 the graduation rate was a miserable 43.4 percent.
The district also has serious financial issues.
It was facing a $44 million budget deficit headed into the 2012-13 school year.
That shortfall prompted the layoff of 56 teachers, one year after the layoff of approximately 700 teachers."

...Inflated salaries were not the only questionable expenses for the district in 2012-13. 
District employees also spent $93,226 at hotels throughout the U.S. and $32,630 at travel agencies. 
The district’s restaurant tab came to $103,590, the legal services bill was $155,548 and the entertainment/recreation tab came to $134,961.