$740,000 Severance Package for Superintendent

     Spring is always a gloomy time for me when I hear of inequitable pay increases for administrators.  I learned that in one school district in my field area, teachers got a 2 or 3 percent increase this year while administrators averaged a 10% boost.  Let's tie administrator and teacher salaries!

     But this article about a superintendent in New Jersey brightened my mood.  At least I haven't heard about anything this atrocious in Missouri!  Upon leaving her post as superintendent, Barbara Trzeskowski will be given nearly three quarters of a million dollars. . .  and this ain't corporate America, baby!  I wouldn't want to be the one to ask New Jersey taxpayers for more education funding. . .

Comments

[letha]

Situations in which administrator pay increases far outpace teacher increases lead to loss of morale and more frustration among school personnel. And let's not forget the needs of support staff. I think we'd be better off if their pay, also, was indexed to administrator pay. Everyone who works hard deserves a living wage.