Asbury Park Area Superintendents, Principals: 2019 Salaries

NEW JERSEY – Superintendent and principal salaries continue to rise, and making at least $150,000 a year is no longer uncommon for administrators in New Jersey. Patch has the list of Asbury Park area superintendents and principals and their salaries below.

The Department of Education recently released its annual list of superintendents and principals and their salaries before the start of the 2019-20 school year. And the list of educators making $150,000 or more — a list that barely had any educators on it two decades ago — has grown in recent years.

Read more: The 1,552 NJ Superintendents, Principals Earning $150K Or More

Last year, fewer than 1,000 principals and superintendents made $150,000 a year.

More teachers are earning six-figure salaries, too. Read more: The 10,000 NJ Teachers Who Make $99K Or More In 2019

It's also a small fraction of the more than 100,000 people who are teachers and administrators in public and charter schools in this state. But the highest earners also come from all different schools — not just the so-called "wealthy" districts that routinely rank highly on national and state lists for best schools.

Some of the principals and superintendents listed may no longer be with their schools; this list was developed in 2019.

In 2018-2019, the median salary for administrators $123,923, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was less than 1 percent above the previous year's median salary.

The Department of Education has said the department double-checks the data before delivering it to the media.

Here are the principals and superintendents with their school, their school district, their years of service (which is surely a factor in their pay) and, finally, their salaries:

Superintendents and assistant superintendents

• SANCHA GRAY, District Office, ASBURY PARK, 18, $179,689
• GEOFFREY HASTINGS, District Office, ASBURY PARK, 13, $161,692
• IVELISSE BROWN, District Office, ASBURY PARK, 10, $96,542
• Loretta Hill, Belmar Elementary, BELMAR, 17, $162,164
• David Hallman, Belmar Elementary, BELMAR, 26, $158,100
• Frank Kasyan, District Office, MANASQUAN, 4, $181,746
• Lynn Coates, District Office, MANASQUAN, 4, $159,272
• Brian Savage, District Office, POINT PLEASANT BEACH, 25, $176,722
• William Smith, Point Pleasant Beach High School, POINT PLEASANT BEACH, OCEAN, 23, $147,500
• STEVEN CORSO, District Office, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 23, $163,939
• VINCENT SMITH District Office POINT PLEASANT BORO, 10, $157,500
• CHRISTINA FESSLER, District Office, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 0, $90,000

Principals

• Sarah Wilton, Belmar Elementary, BELMAR, 22, $118,565
• RASHAWN M ADAMS, Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School, ASBURY PARK, 22, $152,434
• WALTER W BARRETT, Asbury Park High School, ASBURY PARK, 44, $147,746
• JAMES THOMAS PARHAM JR, Asbury Park High School, ASBURY PARK, 35, $147,746
• KATHY A BAUMGARDNER, Asbury Park High School, ASBURY PARK, 22, $145,365
• MARK J GERBINO, Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School, ASBURY PARK, 17, $145,230
• KELLY A GAYLE, Barack Obama Elementary School, ASBURY PARK, 27, $142,603
• WILLIAM S WELLS, Bradley Elementary School, ASBURY PARK, 21, $142,603
• SONDRA MINUSKIN, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, ASBURY PARK, 17, $142,603
• EDWIN RUIZ, Bradley Elementary School, ASBURY PARK, 22, $141,623
• REGINALD MIRTHIL, Barack Obama Elementary School, ASBURY PARK, 13, $140,267
• THEA MARIE JACKSON, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, ASBURY PARK, 22, $124,774
• PERRY MEDINA, District Office, ASBURY PARK, 10, $121,976
• ZAKIYA G DEL ORBE, Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School, ASBURY PARK, 18, $111,527
• ANGELA THOMAS, Asbury Park High School, ASBURY PARK, 18, $110,785
• MELISSA LOPUSZNICK, Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School, ASBURY PARK, 4, $108,437
• Richard Coppola, Manasquan High School, MANASQUAN, 11, $168,640
• Colleen Graziano, Manasquan Elementary School, MANASQUAN, 33, $161,367
• Richard Kirk, Manasquan Elementary School, MANASQUAN, 34, $154,426
• Donald Bramley, Manasquan High School, MANASQUAN, 15, $142,075
• Richard Read, Manasquan High School, MANASQUAN, 24, $116,569
• Thomas O'Hara, G. Harold Antrim Elementary School, POINT PLEASANT BEACH, 34, $139,406
• KURT KARCICH, Point Pleasant Borough High School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 6, $151,500
• JAMES KARABA, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 14, $124,753
• EDWARD KENNEY, Point Pleasant Borough High School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 14, $123,164
• GARY FLOYD, Memorial Middle School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 15, $122,500
• DAVID KIRK, Memorial Middle School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 16, $119,195
• SHEILA BUCK, Ocean Road Elementary School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 24, $118,836
• DEREK HULSE, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 20, $93,364
• LAUREN ROHMEYER, Ocean Road Elementary School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 21, $40,541
• JACQUELYN ZAMARRA, Point Pleasant Borough High School, POINT PLEASANT BORO, 35, $1,000