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Since the state superintendent salary cap was eliminated three years ago, paychecks for top school administrators have grown significantly, according to state data.
The cap was initially set in 2011 by former governor Chris Christie at $175,000, depending on school district size, and later raised to $191,584. In June 2019, Gov. Phil Murphy removed the cap.
In a 2014 report, the New Jersey School Boards Association identified nearly 100 districts where superintendents left because of the salary cap.
A review of the 2022-2023 certified staffing report from the state Department of Education, acquired by the Asbury Park Press, found that the top four superintendents, each earning more than $300,000, came from charter, vocational or other non-traditional districts.
Overall, 187 of the state’s 504 superintendents now make more than $200,000 per year.
Here are the 14 school districts with the highest-paid superintendents for the 2022-23 school year:
1) Trenton Stem-To-Civics Charter School, Mercer County
Superintendent Leigh Byron: $384,000.
2) Educational Services Commission Of New Jersey, Piscataway
Superintendent Mark Finkelstein: $327,312.
3) Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Paramus.
Superintendent Howard Lerner: $319,134.
4) Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School, Newark.
Superintendent Teresa Segarra: $301,600.
5) Newark Public Schools, Essex County
Superintendent Roger Leon: $299,332.
6) Union City School District, Hudson County
Superintendent Silvia Abbato: $268,666
7) East Brunswick Township School District, Middlesex County
Superintendent Victor Valeski: $268,178.
8) Paterson Public School District, Passaic County
Superintendent Eileen Shafer: $267,900.
9) West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Mercer County
Superintendent David Aderhold: $262,551.
10) Freehold Regional School District, Monmouth County
Superintendent Charles Sampson: $260,100.
11) Edison Township School District, Middlesex County
Superintendent Bernard Bragen: $259,996.
12) Perth Amboy Public Schools, Middlesex County
Superintendent David Roman: $257,762.
13) New Providence School District, Union County
Superintendent David Miceli: $256,805.
14) Millburn Township Schools, Essex County
Superintendent Christine Burton: $256,778.
Joe Strupp is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience who covers education and several local communities for APP.com and the Asbury Park Press. He is also the author of three books, including Killing Journalism on the state of the news media, and an adjunct media professor at Rutgers University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Reach him at jstrupp@gannettnj.com and at 732-413-3840. Follow him on Twitter at @joestrupp
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