Analysis - Hudson County Superintendent Total Compensation

One of Maureen Sullivan's argument against Kids First is that the new Superintendent's salary of $190,000 bestowed upon Dr. Frank Romano was that it was too high. I decided to look at the Superintendent salaries  to get a better idea of where this measures to others in only Hudson County based on 1/1/2009 compensation levels. Jack Raslowsky was making $182,000 at the start of 2009 and would be making over $189,000 base to start 2010 based on a 4% raise in his former contract. In fact Jack's total compensation for 2009 was reported at $202,426. Again, that was just what was reported. It is important to note that Frank Romano's contract has not been finalized yet but based on salary alone it seems to be in line with other Superintendents in the County.

Here is the link that provides the basis of my analysis:

http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/ufb/salaries09.xls

Hudson County Superintendent Salary Summary 2009:

Here is the summary of Hudson County Superintendent compensation (2009) with salary, additional compnsation and days off included (click to enlarge):

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My comment: Now that the data shows Frank Romano's salary to be in line at least with Hudson County for the Superintendent postion, I will await the final contract to conclude my analysis. Perhaps all Superintendent's in Hudson County are overpaid in the opinion of some but if you are going to attract talent to a district such as ours, with all the politics and issues that our district brings, you are going to be hard pressed to get anyone good by being cheap. As a frequent blogger on Hoboken Republicans I would think that Maureen Sullivan would understand that the compensation awards given to leadership positions is based on market forces.

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Analysis - Hudson County Superintendent Total Compensation