$150K-Plus Salaries For Bernards Township Superintendent, Principals

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Superintendent, principal, and educational administrator salaries have increased state-wide including in Basking Ridge, according to data from the New Jersey Department of Education.

More than 2,500 educational administrators in the state made salaries of $150,000 or more during the past school year, according to salary data pulled by Patch.

That data includes superintendents, principals and other employees in administrative positions — down to assistant principals — within New Jersey schools. Out of roughly 8,400 people who fit the description, 2,556 of them made $150,000 or more.

In Somerset County, John Ravally, Superintendent of Franklin Township Public Schools was the highest paid and ranked at number 54 in the state. He has six years and makes $235,184. Harold Dunsavage, Superintendent of Somerset County Educational Services Commission School District followed at number 82 in the state, has 41 years of service and makes $227,919.

Here are the Bernards Township School District's highest-paid school administrators, where they rank in the state, position, along with their school, their years of service and their salaries:

• 83. NIGOGHOS MARKARIAN, District Office, Bernards Township School District, 20, $227,637
• 107. RODERIC MCLAUGHLIN, District Office, Bernards Township School District, 9, $220,096
• 238. RUSSELL LAZOVICK, Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, 1, $200,319
• 280. SEAN SIET, District Office, Bernards Township School District, 17, $196,624
• 606. KAREN HUDOCK, William Annin Middle School, Bernards Township School District, 20, $182,360
• 607. SCOTT NEIGEL, Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District, 9, $182,332
• 763. JEAN O'CONNELL, Oak Street School, Bernards Township School District, 20, $177,984
• 855. KRISTIN FOX, District Office, Bernards Township School District, 13, $175,332
• 975. MICHAEL HOPPE, Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District, 36, $173,128
• 1038. RICHARD SHELLO, Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, 23, $171,984
• 1039. JAMES OLIVER, Liberty Corner School, Bernards Township School District, 12, $171,969
• 1075. JOANNE HOZENY, Mount Prospect Elementary School, Bernards Township School District, 18, $171,157
• 1248. PAUL CIEMPOLA, Cedar Hill School, Bernards Township School District, 28, $168,206
• 1615. MICHAEL CORBETT, Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District, 12, $162,357
• 2046. SCOTT THOMPSON, Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, 19, $156,100
• 2110. KATHLEEN DUSEBOUT, Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, 17, $155,040
• 2253. SCOTT GRABER, Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, 23, $153,714
• 2353. THOMAS THORP, Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, 13, $152,398

To view the entire statewide list click here.

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