Yes, it's true. The salaries of anyone employed by the Charleston County School District who makes over $50,000 are available to the public, much to Superintendent McGinley's chagrin, no doubt.
Is there anyone besides McGinley who believes that her leadership of the district is worth over $200,000 per year plus benefits? Especially when she has several associate superintendents to do her job who each make over $100,000?
Sooner or later it adds up to real money.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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The 100 club
McGinley 220K
Lewis 165K
Smalley 105K
Briggman 106K
Emerson 140K
Gepford 135K
Nichols 135K
Taylor 105K
Martin 130K
Winbush 120K
Yandle 135K
Bobby 135K
Rose-Baele 120K
English Watson 105K
Olson 105K
Nelson 105K
Holiday 108K (Director of Employee relations)
Shannon 115K
Magliacane 105K
Lane 100K
Glass 105K
Feil 105K
Herring 100K
Britton 105K
Anyone want to be truly shocked look at the Office of Exceptional Children and Assessment and Accountability. Also, why is James Island Charter School not required to post their numbers? Must suck big for the lunch ladies and janitors who are going to lose their jobs!
Lewis and Yandle are the worst of the lot, wow.
Did anyone notice that NONE of the top 10 paid positions are held by minorities? There are 26 positions making $100,000 or more. Only 6 of these are held by minorities. So much for the perception that the administration is all about the people they serve.
Top positions that pay the most at CCSD are still in the hands of a privilaged few...and they aren't minorities.
I wonder if the NAACP or the IMA know NJM's dirty little secret. McGinley picks them. It's all about who she wants in the executive suits in the Taj Mahal. It has nothing to do with quality of work or effectively representing the community.
Yes, the worst offenders are at the top of this pig trough.
They cut the day porters, all 89 of them, and Chris Fraser has the nerve to call down fellow board member who brings up the fact that there are 9 assistant principals at Wando.
Counting the principal, that's one principal for every 320 students. West Ashley has 6 assistant principals with less than 2,000 students.
Try this one one. Burke has 5 assistant principals with less than 700 students. That's almost one principal or AP for every 100 students!
Then there is Morningside Middle Boys and Girls Academies....two schools, 2 principals and 2 assistant principals, in the same building with less than 400 students total.
McGinley recommends cutting the day porters and Fraser wants to rubber stamp the administration's wishes by ending discussion on other administrative excesses.
Fraser even read from a prepared statement critical of board members who might have named names or identified positions. Only problem was his timing. No one had said anything specific about other administrative positions before Fraser launched his prepared offensive, like he was coached.
Fraser is a fool and it shows.
Do you think 9 assistant high school principals is a record for South Carolina?
As far as Assistant Principals...do you realize that they have 12 month contracts? A 12 month contract means they are entitled to vacation leave (usually 20 days - 1 month). I've never understood the need for Assistant Principals during the summer - or vacation. You can't find them. What are they accountable for during the summer? I realize that textbooks need to be counted and that planning needs to be done for an upcoming school year - but do you need 9 assistant principals? Why not cut their contracts to 10 or 11 months?
Also - I'd like to know how many administrators attended and the cost to CCSD for the 2010 Leadership weekly conference held in Myrtle Beach this past June. How many will be attending this year?
Where is Herring's salary? Head of special services, guidance, etc. New top level position...from Atlanta area.
How many of those people over $100 are from Broad? McGinley LOVES those Broad people!
Babbie,
Running Wando is like running a community college! Some would say 9 APs isn't enough considering all they offer and do at that school.
7:03 poster: How many assistant principals do other large high schools in SC have?
I graduated (c/o 2003) from a Conn HS with over 4000 students and very similar demographics (in fact, we had more at risk, impoverished student groups), and we had 1 principal, 2 deans of students and 4 vice (associate) principals. Our athletic director taught AP Calculus, and nearly a full schedule.
Insert "Dr. Nancy McGinley" for "Dr. Goodloe", and read. Young McGinley was trained well.
"IN the nearly four-year tenure of Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson, this page has been a fan, a defender, a critic, even an apologist.
We saw qualities in the superintendent that could help her survive and thrive in a setting that chews up and spits out schools chiefs in an average of 18 months.
We bet on her steely resolve to pull Seattle Public Schools from the seesaw of competing constituencies toward systemic culture change.
We like some of the results of her tenure, including more high school college-prep classes, more college-bound students and the transparency offered by new districtwide report cards.
But the good cannot outweigh the bad. In all honesty, the scales have been tipping in the wrong direction for some time.
The biggest and most painful changes for district families, closing schools and implementing a new assignment plan were handled clumsily and without care of the emotional upheaval.
The School Board undoubtedly finds itself at similar crossroads as it prepares Wednesday to decide the superintendent's fate. The only options are her resignation or dismissal.
Goodloe-Johnson has a tin ear and abysmal communication skills. Even when she was right — for example, closing several small and struggling schools — the perception that she had blundered was louder and clearer than her own voice.
She misled the School Board and the public about the state of college-readiness among students. Racial and socio-economic disparities driving education reform are appalling enough; Goodloe-Johnson did not have to use incorrect statistics.
Goodloe-Johnson garnered praise for bringing in fresh, top-level staff. The fact that several layers of administrators knew an employee was abusing the district's small-business opportunity program shows the praise was premature.
Two years ago, this page joined many voices in urging her to return a performance bonus until she could earn it.
In view of the 18-month national average shelf life of a superintendent, Goodloe-Johnson survived longer than we thought she would."
Editorial from the Seattle Times
Think Seattle would like more of the same? Maybe McGinley would like to follow her old boss.
Actually...what we should all hope for is that the CCSD Board would follow the lead of the Seattle Board and have enough courage to do the right thing for CCSD! Sounds like THEY (Seattle) just might have some integrity and courage.
At least Seattle asked the right questions about what was really going on below deck. When they didn't get answers, they investigated more. When they found problems, they asked for an explanation of those in charge. When those in charge didn't owe up to their own culpability, Seattle fired the ones in charge.
As this is being written, Maria Goodloe-Johnson and her chief financial officer, Don Kennedy, are in the process of being forced to resign or fired. Funny how those in Charleston, including at least one current board member, still can't stop singing their praises for Goodloe-Johnson and Kennedy. I'm sure these same people believe Nancy Jane, Mike and Bill are right up there with Maria and Don.
Just proves you can fool some of the people all of the time.
About Superintendent's pay in NY state
From the NY Times article:
(New York Governor) Cuomo’s proposal would tie superintendents’ maximum pay to the size of their school districts, with the leaders of New York’s largest districts limited to a salary of $175,000 and those in the smallest limited to $125,000. It would not affect the New York City school system, where the chancellor, Cathleen P. Black, earns $250,000 a year.
....and that's what they are saying in New York state.
Has anyone bothered to ask why Charleston County pays its administrators so much? McGinley is making nearly as much as the Superintendent of New York City's school system. And her inner circle is not far behind. That's outrageous!
It's even more outrageous that some of our school board members are content with giving some of them a one year 6% pass and calling it a major budget cut. It doesn't add up to much more than $170,000. That's not a budget cut, either.
The preoccupation with a superintendent who has been gone from Charleston for years is baffling. Who really cares now? This is McGinley's district. She owns it: The Good; The Bad; The Ugly.
Very curious...I'm watching a live stream report from Seattle on the slow motion firing of Maria Goodloe-Johnson and Don Kennedy. See King5.com from Seattle.
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson appears to be watching this herself...from Charleston. Even more curious...this just appeared on the Seattle Schools Blog... Anonymous said...
Just sent from MGJ to all staff. 6:57pm (PST)
March 2, 2011
Dear Seattle Public School Community,
I write this letter from Charleston (SC) where I have been since mid-winter break. As it has been reported in the media, my mother became very ill while on vacation and she continues to recover in the hospital. It has been a difficult and scary time for my family and me and it has also been very difficult to be away from Seattle during this time.
It is important to me to thank you for all that you have done to support the children and families of our city. We have accomplished much for which we should all be very proud. I thank you for your commitment, your efforts, and your dedication as we worked to achieve the goal of Excellence for All.
While we have accomplished a great deal, we all know that there is much work to do in order to achieve the equitable system we all envision. I ask you all to remain strong in your resolve for achieving results for all children. The children and families of Seattle, now more than ever, need us to remain focused and committed and I know you will deliver.
Thank you again for the work you have done and will continue to do to ensure all children receive the education they deserve.
Sincerely,
Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson, Ph.D
Superintendent
3/2/11 6:58 PM
An old rule says, "Be nice to everyone you pass on your way up the ladder, because you will most likely have to see them again on your way down."
Did Elliot Smalley write MGJ's letter? In my opinion, it sounds like the typical spin.
It would be more than odd if Smalley did write it. Smalley was hired by McGinley after she fired Goodloe-Johnson's communications director during a palace purge which followed MGJ's departure. Even so, I wouldn't put anything past this nepotistic and self-serving group of educrats. Now if only Charleston could put the same handwriting on the wall as Seattle did.
There is no reason to believe the same causes for the superintendent's downfall don't already exist here. The corruption more than likely runs even deeper in Charleston than in Seattle. At least Seattle's board asked for a state investigation once the evidence became known.
Back to salaries and perks among the bloated administrative staff in Charleston.
What is this about several staff members, including Elliot Smalley and Brenda Nelson, attending the Broad Institute on CCSD's dime for the next 3 years? Who is paying for this? The cost includes tuition, plane tickets and hotel stays for their graduate style program classes scheduled in blocks throughout the year. What part of the CCSD budget is covering this? How much is it costing CCSD? This sounds like more padding at the top. Why aren't board members asking about this kind of waste which isn't doing anything for improving education in the classrooms?
They are pulling for us in Seattle today...this is what is appearing on the Seattle Times and Seattle Schools posts after their board fired Maria Goodloe-Johnson and Don Kennedy last night.
Another said...
I continue to be fascinated by comments submitted by folks in SC. Here's one posted to the Seattle Times article:
While Maria Goodloe was running the Charleston County School District, Goodloe lost it and went postal on a school board member - coming close to actually striking her with fist. The school board member back then wanted a forensic audit due to an increasing amount of suspicion that public money was being abused, misused, and out right stolen. Goodloe was totally opposed to a forensic audit and managed to stop what likely would have uncovered what has happened in Seattle.
Anyone wishing to comfirm this can verify the same from former school board member "Sandy Engelmen" or Atty "John Graham Altman " in Charleston, South Carolina.
This scandal that Goodloe is involved in could have taken place in Charleston County School District in Charleston, South Carolina. Many people that Goodloe hired still work for that district. Due to this scandal in Seattle, Charleston citizens are once again calling for a forensic audit of it's school district while Goodloe was at the helm.
Here's hoping for more due diligence in checking the background of the next Superintendent.
3/3/11 12:21 PM
FORENSIC AUDIT. CCSD IS LONG OVERDUE. IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?
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