With mold and mushrooms growing in their classrooms, teachers in the Detroit Public Schools system are protesting unsafe work conditions. But with long-term debt totaling $3.5 billion, the district doesn’t have money to go around for much-needed maintenance.

As the district’s schools fall further into disrepair, an investigation by WXYZ Detroit, the local ABC affiliate, found exorbitant salaries for the district’s executives. The district’s executive director of communications, Michelle Zdrodowski, earns $161,111 a year. The district’s Chief Procurement Officer, Medina Noor, makes $157,00 a year. On top of those salaries, executives get an extremely generous benefits package that includes almost 50 days off per year. And those are their salaries after the 10 percent wage cut that every district employee had to endure, including teachers who make far less.