Pop Quiz
How much is the Superintendent's salary? Just off the top of your head (and no peeking if you have the data). Because I thought I knew and then got a copy of how much everyone in the district gets paid and I was surprised.
Bonus points if you know who the second highest paid person in the district is (but go ahead and guess).
Extra bonus points if you know the gap between that person and the Superintendent.
Put your guesses in and I'll let you know at the end of the afternoon.
Bonus points if you know who the second highest paid person in the district is (but go ahead and guess).
Extra bonus points if you know the gap between that person and the Superintendent.
Put your guesses in and I'll let you know at the end of the afternoon.
Comments
Second highest paid: Dr. Einfeld?
$140,000 yr ?
WV please don't flaeme
Guess that $750K might include some padding to counter the issue of making adjustments to personal plans and maybe tarnishing of reputation, but I'd guess the $375K isnt far off the mark...
(WV is entspan which geeks like me know is a long time!)
The superintendent got $240,000 when she started, but after the first year she got a 10% raise, so her salary is now $264,000. In addition to that she gets contributions to a retirement plan worth another $22,000 a year (I think). She also got about $5,000 in bonus pay this year. There are some perks on top of that - like the car allowance and a gym membership. And, of course, she gets the full suite of benefits available to all staff, such as health insurance, dental, vision, life, AD&D, etc. I would estimate the value of her total annual compensation package as about $350,000.
As for the SECOND highest paid person in the District, that's a good question. It could be one of the "C" level executives such as Mr. Kennedy or Dr. Enfield. I would reckon their salary around $140,000. I would include Mr. Ikeda in that group. As an attorney, he might command more, but the District is awfully cheap.
On the other hand, if there were a physician on staff anywhere in the system then I might guess that person. The top salaries at the University of Washington (after the football coach and the President) are all in the medical school. I just can't think of a medical doctor on the SPS staff.
So my guess would be Mr. Kennedy with a total compensation package (salary and benefits) of about $160,000 annually.
I can't wait to learn the answer.
Total package at about 350K makes sense. I also would guess Mr "I'll get back to you" Kennedy would make a lot. Either he or the district's attorney is probably number two.
For example, I found out that Gary Ikeda quietly gave himself a 30% raise when he was in charge of HR that he never gave back when a new HR director was hired, but he is a super expensive employee in addition because he is under an older retirement plan that caused the district to have to give him double the retirement contributions of most employees. I would take a guess that if you look at benifit contribtion requirements, he would be #2.
But, if you are looking at strait salary, maybe someone like C R-T.
#1, the Superintendent, at $264k.
#2 would be Don Kennedy, at $189k (more, as I understand it, than the last Superintendent made).
And #3, I think, is Susan Enfield, at about $175k.
In 2009, the Superintendent made $304,115.94 with $55,206.09 in benefits. That's a total of $359,322.03.
In Washington State, UW President Mark Emmert is the highest paid government employee at about $518k plus house and benefits. MGJ's salary is in line with the president of WSU. In comparison, the Governor makes about $166K, Supreme Court Justices, $164K.
Do I think it would be worth it for someone great? Given the state of public education, I would. Given her record so far, no I wouldn't. LEV says she's "talking the talk" and they want to give her another whole year to "walk the walk". I wonder when they expect to see results.
Ah, and you were all close but wrong on our second highest paid employee in 2009 in SPS. That would go to former John Marshall principal, Joe Drake, coming in at a whopping $249K including benefits. Nice work if you can get it.
But yes, Don Kennedy comes in 3rd at $238k including benefits. Great pay for a COO who has yet to explain the district's poor showing on the recent audit which, yes, is very much in his line of accountability.
I think many people would be surprised at how much our principals make, especially for high school (it's around $150k with benefits).
Before the District fired him he only had positive performance reviews from the Education Director for high schools, his buddy, Ammon McWashington.
Out of curosity, who is third if you take out Joe Drake?
On Thursday at 10:30 AM a legal appeal of the Superintendent's July 7, contract extension will be filed at the King County Court House.
I will post the link to the appeal filing here. (needs some fine tuning) Then you can see the incompetence that $350,000/year bought.
Thursday July 22, is going to be a double-header day.
Thursday at 1:30 PM at the King County elections office filings for recall and discharge of each of 5 school directors will be submitted.
If you haven't read the audit issued July 6, 2010 you might not understand why the above two legal actions are being taken.
There are two Audits of the Seattle Schools released each year. The second hasn't been released yet. It will cover Finance and compliance with Federal Laws I believe. It should be released within a month or two.
This extension will be appealed with an initial filing on Thursday July 22, 2010.
A draft of this filing is HERE.