These Camden Superintendents, Principals Earn More Than $150K

The Department of Education recently released its annual list of New Jersey superintendents and principals and their salaries before the start of the 2018-19 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.

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.

These superintendents are among the highest paid in Camden County. The list includes years of service:

• Raymond Brosel, Superintendent, VOORHEES TWP, 50, $213,747
• Paymon Rouhanifard, Superintendent, CAMDEN CITY, 4, $213,360
• HENRY POTEAT, Superintendent, WINSLOW TWP, 9, $200,516
• SCOTT OSWALD, Superintendent, COLLINGSWOOD BORO, 10, $193,082
• Patricia Fitzgerald, Superintendent, CAMDEN COUNTY VOCATIONAL, 31, $183,111
• Harold Melleby, Superintendent, EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY REG, 43, $178,183
• JOSEPH MELOCHE, Superintendent, CHERRY HILL TWP, 14, $177,500
• John Bilodeau, Superintendent, GLOUCESTER TWP, 14, $175,000
• RONNIE TARCHICHI, Superintendent, PENNSAUKEN HIGH SCHOOL, PENNSAUKEN TWP, 1, $167,500
• Michael Adams, Superintendent, HADDON HEIGHTS BORO, 21, $166,737
• BRIAN REPICI, Superintendent, BLACK HORSE PIKE REGIONAL, 19, $163,366
• Daniel DelVecchio, Superintendent, CAMDEN CO ED SERV COMM, 11, $161,262
• Joseph Conway, Superintendent, Camden's Promise Charter School, CAMDEN'S PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL, 22, $161,250
• Richard Perry, Superintendent, Haddonfield Memorial High School, HADDONFIELD BORO, 7, $157,500
• Kenneth Koczur, Superintendent, PINE HILL BORO, 35, $157,500
• DENNIS VESPE, Superintendent, Somerdale Park School, SOMERDALE BORO, 6, $155,237
• LORI MOORE, Superintendent, LINDENWOLD BORO, 35, $154,000
• Thomas F Attanasi, Superintendent, STRATFORD BORO, 9, $151,980
• Mark Napoleon, Superintendent, Sterling High School, STERLING HIGH SCHOOL DIST, 23, $151,925

These principals are among the highest paid in Camden County. The list includes years of service:

• LAWYER CHAPMAN, High School Principal, Alternative High School, CHERRY HILL TWP, 12, $188,800
• JAMES RIORDAN, Elementary School Principal, Richard Stockton Elementary School, CHERRY HILL TWP, 14, $169,837
• DENNIS PERRY, High School Principal, Cherry Hill High School East, CHERRY HILL TWP, 12, $163,694
• KWAME MORTON, High School Principal, Cherry Hill High School West, CHERRY HILL TWP, 9, $163,694
• JOHN CAFAGNA, Middle School Principal, John A. Carusi Middle School, CHERRY HILL TWP, 13, $156,727
• Gary O'Brien, High School Principal, HADDON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, HADDON TWP, 20, $156,650
• KAREN ROCKHILL, Elementary School Principal, Barclay Early Childhood Center, CHERRY HILL TWP, 10, $156,144
• Jonathan Ogbonna, Middle School Principal, Cooper's Poynt Family School, CAMDEN CITY, 30, $151,898
• Davida Coe-Brockington, High School Principal, Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, CAMDEN CITY, 32, $151,398

In 2017-2018, the median salary for administrators totaled $123,906, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 1 percent higher than the previous year.

For a statewide list, including New Jersey rank, click here.

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