\nAlso, pay inside K12 Inc. is being concentrated towards one man.\n<\/p>\n
\n\nThe company’s amended filing also lists compensation for other top\nexecutives. They did not receive base-salary increases, the filing\nsaid, \u201cdespite their excellent performance, in order to\nmaintain an efficient cost structure in an uncertain economic\nenvironment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nChief financial officer Harry T. Hawks earned about $544,000 \u2014\nsignificantly less than his 2010 package, which was worth $1.8\nmillion.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nDo you want your tax dollars going to enrich one man?\nIf not, vote No on the charter school amendment in November.\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\nK12 CEO Packard made $551,539 in salary in 2011,\nbut was awarded other compensation totaling $5,002,933.\nWhich is even richer than the\n\napproximately $3,266,387 total compensation\nprivate prison company CCA’s CEO Damon Hininger got in 2010<\/a>,\nwhich, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, apparently only went up to\n\n3,696,798 in 2011<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n![](\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c321c12bb970b-pi.jpg\")
<\/a>\nK12 Inc. is the country’s largest operator of full-time public\nvirtual schools, in which students learn at home via computer. The\nmodel is championed by some lawmakers, families and school-choice\nadvocates, but has also come under increasing fire by critics who\nsay it is an ineffective way to educate kids and a bad deal for\ntaxpayers footing the bill.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n