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Correct me if wrong but I believe that the extra bonuses the mayor decided to pay out this (election) year were $800,000 not 8000. Another interesting thing is the pay difference between the public schools who are losing students and the teacher pay at the private schools, which is at least 30% LESS (google it), and NO DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION (which costs 1.1 MILLION PER PUBLIC TEACHER - google that too). Warwick could build a lot of new schools and books and technology with the surplus pay that teachers get for no gain. If private schools can put qualified teachers in front of classrooms for $45k, and no pension, then why are we taxpayers paying $80k and a 1.1 million pension upon retirement? Our taxes are outrageously high, yet our roads and schools are crumbling. Perhaps it is time to look at compensation and compare public to private. It is a fair question. If we adjusted public schools pay rates to what private schools pay, and eliminated that unaffordable ancient defined-benefit pension scheme, we'd have the following - smaller classes, newer books and technology, and nicer buildings! (Just like the private schools! ) See!