Do it for the Children : Ridgewood school board to take up resolution on superintendent salary cap
Monday January 14, 2013, 6:13 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
The Record
RIDGEWOOD — A resolution aimed at helping school districts that struggle to retain superintendents under a salary cap imposed by Governor Christie in 2010 is expected to be taken up by the school board at its Jan. 28 meeting.
If adopted by Ridgewood, the resolution will be presented to the delegate assembly of the New Jersey School Board Association for consideration. If that group adopts the measure, it would become a top lobbying priority.
“The concern that I have is that the caps, in my opinion, restrict a board’s ability to attract and retain quality leadership for a school district,” said trustee Michele Lenhard, who will draft the resolution. “The School Board Association has no policy on [the salary cap] and they should be speaking out on issues like this… that impact boards of education. I believe this regulation puts us at a disadvantage in terms of attracting and keeping quality leadership.”
Lenhard said the resolution she is working on will call for the creation of a “waiver” that could be granted to school districts looking to give their superintendents a pay bump. This, she said, will prevent current administrators from seeking higher paying jobs “across the river” in New York.
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Greedy, just plain greedy.
If Fishbein has agreed to continue at the lower salary why is a Board of Ed member pushing so hard to get him more money? He will make $167,000.00 plus an additional 15% bonus equaling $25,000. So his salary will be $192,000. I think there are plenty of experienced Superintendents in other districts willing to work hard and accept that level of pay. Why is the board always looking for ways to suck more money out of us? It looks like it is time to get rid of Lenhard and bring on more cost conscious board members like Morgan.
Base on some people logic ” He is doing a great job” We should bring our sanitation workers salary up to $ 192,000. If that the only criteria