Should Top-Rated Public School Superintendent Make $500,000?
SodaHead Politics
2011/06/08 18:30:28
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Carole Hankin, a top-rated and top-paid New York state public school superintendent, has come under fire from political analysts (and us a few months back at SodaHead) as well as directly from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
However, Fox News reports that parents are happy with her work.
Cuomo claims that her salary is "wasteful school spending," but analyst Larry Levy warns that her salary is "so far out of scale that it puts a bulls-eye on the backs of all superintendents."
However, Fox News reports that parents are happy with her work.
She heads what is billed as one of the top school districts in the country, and people pay steep property taxes to fund the schools. The district serves all of Woodbury and Syosset communities of Long Island, with approximately 7,000 students in 10 schools. When you add in benefits, Hankin takes home $542,000 -- and this year she even got a raise.
Cuomo claims that her salary is "wasteful school spending," but analyst Larry Levy warns that her salary is "so far out of scale that it puts a bulls-eye on the backs of all superintendents."
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Imperious Is Not PC 2011/06/09 13:23:17
Education starts and ends at home.
It's supply and demand of raw talent. She deserves every penny if she can build "the model" for how schools should be run.
You know you might try being a little more positive...your attitude is a real downer.
that's an embarrassing load on any school district. Our supt makes $125k (plus benefits) for a system of 4500 kids. by this measure, he's way underpaid. i sit on the school board and i think he's way overpaid...
A employee is always worth what a employer is willing to pay you.
an employee is ALWAYS worth what an employer is willing to pay? really? what if the school board was a bunch of dummies? what if this Supe got in and did nothing? for a public sector job, especially one of THAT pay, this supe better be able to pass steak out of her butt.
Based on the time she spend for education is equal to any lawyer or med. dr.
yes. they can certainly go on to get PhD, but some of the education classes that i've seen are nowhere near the effort needed to earn a JD or MD.
my only point is that the bigger the salary, the bigger the impact on the tax rate. what do you think the asst supes are earning? $200+k $300k+
this story portends a budgeting fiasco.
I agree on tax savings.
But I am not the fed,
There are bigger issues to save taxes there are many ways to prevent big governing losses, (regulate credit futures as an example).
But I would add that her salary should be between her and those that pay it, In my state no state money goes to school administration pay. If it is the same in New Jersey then the State Government in my opinion has no business questioning it. The school board and the voters in the school district are the only ones who really have a right to question her pay and benefits.
Again... I would need the proof to believe any of the BS I hear and read on a daily basis that is trying to slam and slander anyone in public service.
Was not able to find the superintendents salary. but this shows the teachers salaries and their teacher /student ratios.... which are excellent.. 10-1 to 13-1 max... and that is awesome. Salaries are not that low, but not that ridiculously high either. Pre school teacher starts at $20,990/annual, kindergarten starts at $39,640, High school.. $52,000.