The tax payers in the Spencer-Van Etten school district have suffered in the past two years about 30% in increased taxes.   One wonders what in the world can they spend all that money on?  A good bit of your money goes into the pockets of the administration.  Last year the superintendent Bailey had a pay increase which was about 5 times the inflation rate, despite his poor job performance. He in fact admitted to have made the mistakes that caused the 20 % tax increase that year.  Myself excluded every other board member voted again for big,  pay increase for the superintendent. Click here to take a look at his take. The superintendent was very generous with your money when it came to pay for the rest of the administration also. You can see below what you pay them: