Prince Charlie says that $242,000 a year isn't enough. So the Jersey City School Board is giving him a raise:
Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Charles T. Epps Jr. is expected to ink a new three-year deal this week that will pay him $252,000 a year starting July 1, bump him up to $260,000 next year, and pay $275,000 the third year, according to persons familiar with the negotiations.
It's unbelievable. The average pay for a school superintendent is only $74,733. Earning $91,949 would put the Prince of Underachievement in the 75th percentile. We should be getting at least two people for this salary and probably three or four.
But he deserves it. Uh-huh. Me, too. I guess it all depends on how one defines "deserving".
The district has received national recognition for closing the achievement gap at the elementary school level, but test scores at the high school level have remained stubbornly low.
Roughly half the district's high school graduates last year - 667 out of 1,479 - had to go through an alternative process to graduate as opposed to passing the normal high school proficiency test.
Please, Prince Charlie, we can't afford any more success like this.
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