Salary scrutiny: Pay questioned in VC

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: February 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

Those concerned about the budget in the Valley Central School District are looking closely at salaries and questioning whether the district really is ‘very cheap.’

At Monday’s budget hearing one speaker questioned Superintendent Richard Hooley’s recent pay raises. Hooley responded by saying he was the only administrator he knew of who had ever taken a pay freeze, adding that the freeze wasn’t last year.

Here’s a look at Hooley’s salary history:

2007-2008: $154,120
2008-2009: $182,188 (18.2 percent increase)
2009-2010: estimated $190,000 (est. 4.2 percent increase)

You can compare Hooley’s salary with other local school superintendents by checking out the state’s administrator salary reports. (NOTE: these are only estimates and not actual figures)

The Times Herald-Record salary database has actual figures for 2007. We are currently uploading the 2009 figures.

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