"Dr. Carlisle agreed to a salary of $200k/yr, which was $50k less than his current salary in Port Chester. He had already completed his New York pension eligibility. It should be noted that his salary was $20k less than the salary due the current Superintendent." Eugene Skurnick (Elected to the Englewood City Council since this article was published.)That is eternally funny. Dr. Carlisle may have agreed to $200k/yr, but did anyone in the district have the authority to pay him above the state mandated CAP on Superintendent salary? Is this another example of how Engleworld is Above the Law? He is now being paid $64,500 above CAP which is $167, 500. That is enough to pay the yearly salary of 4 of the paraprofessionals needed to educate the Special Needs Children in the Englewood Public School District.
How many faces do you have Mr. Skurnick? Which one are you showing the residents in the 3rd Ward when you make statements like the ones in that article? It does not benefit the residents in the 3rd and 4th wards when there are tax cuts for the rich. Our fees actually go up to cover the flat taxes. There is no advantage or savings for us when the rich get lower taxes or when the developers get tax abatements. How dare you equate the Salary of the Superintendent to the salary of a fireman or policeman.
Video was Uploaded on Nov 10, 2010
The Six Million dollar question is still the same. How does our very colorful Governor allow
Englewood to get away with this? Check out the highlighted amounts below.
Salary is calculated based on the number of students in the district.
Student Enrollment of District(s)
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Maximum
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|---|---|---|
0-250
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$125,000
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251 – 750
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$135,000
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751 – 1,500
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$145,000
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1,501 – 3,000
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$155,000
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3,001 – 6,500
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$165,000
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6,501 – 10,000
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$175,000
| |
WHAT IS THE REST OF NJ DOING IN RESPONSE TO THE NEW LAW?
WHAT ARE OUR NEIGHBORS DOING?
Let us make an extreme comparison.
Student Enrollment: 10, 145 (as of October 15, 2012)
Students on roll regular and full time 8, 591
Superintendent Salary for 2013 - 2014 $187,500.00 (page 28 of 29)
A Regional District that includes: 12 Elementary Schools, 3 Middle Schools and 2 High Schools
Check out the transparency demonstrated in Facility Use.
Now look at a few that are a little less extreme in comparison. Note that all schools listed have more students than the Englewood Public School District.
Student enrollment: 4,083 (October 2012)
Schools: 4 Elementary, 2 Middle, 1 High School
Willingboro (they say we are like this one and I don't know why. Well, we did have 3 Assistant Superintendents at one time.)
Students: on roll full time 2012 - 3,782
Schools: 5 Elementary, 1 middle, 1 Alternative, 1 high school
Superintendent Salary: $167,500
Assistant Supt $145,000
Assistant Supt $130,000
Assistant Supt $125,000
Students: 4,713
Superintendent Salary: $167,500 (page 20 of 36)
Schools: 4 Elementary, 1 middle, 1 high
Students: 3,224
Superintendent Salary: $225,630 (hired July 1, 2010) Mandate November 2010
Schools: 4 Elementary, 1 middle, 1 high
Students: 3,324
Superintendent: $167,500
Schools: 1 Pre-School, 4 Elementary, 1 Middle, 1 high
Englewood
Students: 3,001 (or less)
Superintendent: $232,000
Schools: 1 Pre-school/Kindergarten, 1 Elementary, 1 combined Elementary & middle, 1 middle, 1 high school,
Carlisle's Contract: Carlisle started with $208,000 salary. His contract was signed December 21, 2010. Examine the Contract. Only the then President and Carlisle himself signed the contract. There was no witness and no Board Attorney signature. What happened in Englewood exhibits far more arrogance than in Parsippany. At least Dr. Seitz was already on salary and seems to have been doing a fine job. What did Dr. Leroy Seitz do to the big Guy? Is it because this is his home County or is the big guy playing favorites?
Parsippany (at the time of the video below)
Students: 7,250 (at the time of the video) (2012 - 6,120)
Superintendent: $212,000 (Dr. Leroy Seitz resigned 2/13/13) (new Supt salary: $177,500)
Schools: 9 Elementary Schools, 2 Middle Schools, 2 High Schools, 1 Adult & Community Education Center
How is the rest of the State dealing with the Salary CAP Law? A few stories are listed below.
Salary CAPS take effect...
Parsippany Mayor stands up for his town. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/parsippany_mayor_tells_school.html
N.J. education chief can impose salary caps on superintendents, appellate panel rules. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/10/nj_education_chief_can_impose.html
Christie Administration Acts on Superintendent Pay Cap Reforms to Put Students First http://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/552010/approved/20101101b.html
Executive County Superintendent Review of Administrator Contracts http://education.state.nj.us/broadcasts/2011/JUL/12/3503/Administrator%20Contracts%20Q&A%20(7-11).pdf
The Administrative Code is Law as established by the legislature, not by an Englewood Councilman.
West Windsor-Plainsboro
Parsippany - He was dubbed the "Poster Child of Greed". He was already on staff and became the example and the Governor's target when the CAP was mandated.
West Orange
Princeton: Princeton Superintendent Judith Wilson to retire rather than take $52K pay cut under salary CAP.
This is for Englewood FAST. Fiscal Accountability started March of 2006. If your main concern was really about Fiscal Accountability, we would be on the same page. Make a note of it.
