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SALARY SURVEY Superintendents Last year, superintendents searched for creative ways to cut costs and save programs. In general, they get paid more in larger districts, but if they only consider per-pupil expenditure, they would be better off in districts with per-pupil expenditure between $8,000 and $8,999. This chart shows the mean of maximum scheduled salaries and daily rates in 2009-2010. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000-24,999 2,500-9,999 300-2,499 10th Annual e same decreases are in eﬀect for Dalton’s school administrators in 20102011, although teachers will see their furlough days increase to 10. Mean of maximum scheduled salaries Mean of average daily rates $225,897 $938.11 $11,000 or more $178,786 $757.85 $10,000-$10,999 $155,403 $648.96 $9,000-$9,999 $8,000-$8,999 $116,524 $484.41 Less than $8,000 SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS Mean of maximum scheduled salaries Mean of average daily rates It’s the Economy To be sure, growing budget shortfalls and continuing economic hard times have had a lot to do with the changing numbers on administrators’ paychecks. Since 2003, the Dalton Public Schools have lost a total of $17 million in state funding. ose numbers increase exponentially in larger districts. e Los Angeles Uniﬁed Public School District faced a $596 million deﬁcit for this year and is expecting an even larger shortfall next school year. Before targeting the salaries and beneﬁts of the state’s educators last March, New Jersey Gov. Christie had already declared a “ﬁscal emergency” in the face $161,204 $663.29 Large urban $155,719 $645.68 Medium urban $158,382 $670.25 Suburban $165,344 $701.47 Small town $154,369 $653.88 Rural SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Mean of maximum scheduled salaries Mean of average daily rates $228,583 $944.09 $186,165 $779.68 $179,059 $754.65 $132,875 $553.86 $103,552 $431.29 Large urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000; medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,000; suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town: population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming or agricultural area with less than 2,500 people. Data reﬂect the mean of average salaries paid by public school systems in Educational Research Service’s 37th national survey of salaries and wages in public schools, “Salaries and Wages Paid Professional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2009-2010.” Copyright © by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved. Used with permission. of a $2 billion state deﬁcit for the ﬁscal year that ended in June and an almost $11 billion shortfall predicted for FY 2011. One Simple Solution for Interactivity BrightLink is a trademark and Brighter Futures is a registered trademark of Epson America, Inc. Copyright 2010 Epson America, Inc. But school administrators—particularly superintendents—also have become the objects of a larger public dissatisfaction with government and public employees in general. And some people think that small cuts in salaries are hardly enough considering the magnitude of the nation’s economic crisis. When central administrators and school principals of the Novi (Mich.) Public Schools agreed to a 1.5 percent wage cut last February as their contribution toward bridging a budget gap, reader responses in the local Oakland Press included plenty of skeptical comments, such as, “If this wasn’t so tragic it would be laughable. e superintendent makes $185,000 a year plus expenses. Would he even notice a 1.5 percent cut?” A headline last May in California’s Marin Independent Journal blared, “Pay raises for Marin school administrators raise fury,” and an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer questioned a $65,000 bonus awarded to School District of Philadelphia CEO Arlene Ackerman for meeting performance goals. e newspaper argued that her $325,000 salary was reward enough and that meeting those District Administration 34 September 2010 http://www.epson.com/BrightLink http://www.ProjectorReviews.com http://www.epson.com/BrightLink

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - September 2010

District Administration - September 2010
Contents
From the Editor
News Update
Inside the Law
Conversations
District Profile
Administrator Profile
A Salary Recession for School Administrators?
Working Hard in the Big Easy
School Safety Gets the Ax
Keeping Schools Safe during Challenging times
Google and Microsoft Go to School
A Bull Market for Financial Literacy
Problem/ Solution
Tech Disruptions
Student Counsel
Product Focus
New Products
Superintendent’s Insights

District Administration - September 2010