Three weeks ago, The Advance reported that RGV-based IDEA Public Schools’ central office administrators have an average salary of $200,249 vs. the state average of $102,300. Now, it’s also safe to say that they often travel in style, booking first-class airline tickets (Source: The Texas Monitor). How does IDEA justify the expense? Don’t know. No one at IDEA seems willing to discuss it, despite taxpayer funding north of $400 million per year. The Advance has tried to reach IDEA CEO Tom Torkelson for comment, but to no avail. Recently, Sept. 5, The Texas Monitor published a story about IDEA – “Charter schools fly ...