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Shining light on Long Island superintendent salaries Long Island Business News, Jun 22, 2007 by James L. Larocca 1 2 Next The rich are getting richer, and so are Long Island's school superintendents. When will Nassau and Suffolk taxpayers say "enough is enough?"
Nationally, according to the Congressional Budget Office, families in the lowest income brackets saw household income rise only 2 percent (adjusted for inflation) between 1979 and 2004. Income for families in the upper-middle bracket, with an average annual income over $82,000, rose by 23 percent over the same 25 years. The highest bracket, which includes all of Long Island's bosses, saw their income rise by 63 percent over the period.
So not only are the rich getting richer, they are doing so at a rate faster than the rate at which lower-income people are inching ahead.
Related Results Horace Williams Community summits win support for schools; New York: Bay Shore Union Free... School employees took millions, N.Y. audit says Weighing the impact of N.Y. schools' scandals New York Banking Superintendent Is Better Known as Mayor's Girlfriend. For the 2007-08 school year, the median pay package for a Long Island school superintendent is $248,250, up 5.3 percent over the year before - putting our school bosses in the highest income bracket in the country. Seventeen bosses have packages valued over $300,000, and Syosset topped out at almost $440,000.
The New York Times reports that superintendents' pay has been rising between 5 and 6 percent a year for at least the past three years. Figures for assistant superintendents and other high-ranking administrators have enjoyed similar raises. So not only do school bosses enjoy high compensation, their pay is going up faster than the rate at which lower income people - the very taxpayers who pay their salaries - are getting ahead.
The income gap in America should be a central issue in the national elections of 2008. Only a few of the 18 Republican and Democratic candidates for president are going anywhere near the issue, but voters should demand that they all address the income disparities that undermine our democracy and sense of equity.
As for Long Island, we should have a serious discussion about school consolidation. There are 124 school districts on Long Island serving 480,000 students. The bosses of those districts cost taxpayers over $30 million a year. That's a lot of money. When you include assistant superintendents and other senior bureaucrats, the figure gets even bigger.
The salaries are apparently not out of line with administrators elsewhere. The problem is we have so many of them. It's time to talk seriously about consolidation.
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Re: Did anyone actually enjoy their first year of teaching? Posted by: LP on 10/18/09
On 10/17/09, 3rd year wrote: > On 10/17/09, KB wrote: >> >> I cry almost every morning. I sleep more than usual. I let >> my work pile up. I feel weak and my eating habits have >> become ridiculously unhealthy. >> >> Is this normal? > > > My first year was difficult at first, but after about 3 months > I got used to it. It was tough like all first years, but > nothing that caused me to be depressed. Honestly, it got worse > every year. I'm in my 3rd year, being harassed by > administration (never was bothered by them in the 2 years I was > there), got moved to a classroom that I hate, and I have the > absolute worst class out of the 3 years I've been there.
Your up for tenure, they might be looking to paper trail you. Good luck.