Millburn Teachers Among 10,000 In NJ To Make $99K Or More

MILLBURN, NJ – The Department of Education has released its annual list of teachers and their salaries for 2019 and the list of educators making $100,000 or more — a list that barely had any teachers on it more than a decade ago — has grown in recent years.

Here in Millburn that list includes educators with decades of experience. It is also important to note that some of these teachers are supervisors, work on curriculum and coach. It is also worth noting this group is a small fraction of the more than 100,000 people who teach 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.

This information is public, and the salaries are paid out from taxpayer money which is generally a source of interest. Some districts who have teachers higher up on the salary guide are obligated to use a larger portion of their annual budget to pay it out. The charge of the local school boards is to honor the financial commitments while making capital improvements and staying within the two percent annual tax cap.

Here are the teachers in our district who earn the top salaries, with their school, their school district and, finally, their salaries (the teachers have been divided by their years of experience):

30 to 39 years of experience:

• LINDA MASSARELLI, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $108,557
• DIANE BENJAMIN, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $108,557
• LOIS INFANGER, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $108,557
• SUZANNE SHIEL ROMANO, South Mountain School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $108,557

20 to 29 years of experience:

• AMY LEVY, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $110,507
• REGINA CONLON, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $109,159
• MINAZ JOOMA ANGRISANI, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $109,159
• CATHERINE NICHOLLS, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, $108,557
• PATRICIA MURPHY, District Office, MILLBURN TWP, $108,557
• SANDRA TICHENOR HNAT, Glenwood School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• MARY JANE REISLER, Hartshorn School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• LISA WOLFE, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• MARIE SOMMERS, Glenwood School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• MARYBETH CIMINO, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• CHARLES LINKS, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• PATRICIA MALONEY, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• DEBORAH DOLCE, Glenwood School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• ELIZABETH BAGISH, Wyoming School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• ELLEN HAYES, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $107,957
• DEBRA TURTLETAUB, District Office, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• MARGARET SEIFER, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• MICHELE WHITE, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• MARK OPPEL, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• JEAN JORDAN, Glenwood School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• WILLIAM WICKENHEISSER, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• MICHELLE ROSENTHAL, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• MARYJANE MORMAK, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• KATHERINE LISSY, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• LORI PRINCIOTTO, Glenwood School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• TINA GIORDANO, Wyoming School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• DIANE MINKOW, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• JUDITH TURO, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• CAROL ESPOSITO, Hartshorn School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• COLLEEN ROBERTS, District Office, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• CATHERINE CERESTE, South Mountain School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• GINA SMALLEY, Hartshorn School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• LYN COVIELLO, Wyoming School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• MARYLOU KIRK, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• ANDREW PEARL, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• FRAN SCHEIERMAN, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• KEVIN SWENSON, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, $106,257
• VINCENT DIONISIO, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $104,666
• JOSEPH PEDULLA, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, $103,185

10 to 19 years experience:

• DAVID FARRELL Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $127,508
• JOHN YI Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $127,508
• GABRIEL RHODES Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $125,599
• GISLENE PRICE Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $120,799
• CHRISTOPHER FEELEY Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $109,159
• SUSAN ARRIGONI Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $109,159
• MARINA REILLY Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,399
• DONNA FRAUS Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• LAURA KUSIC Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• FRANCES WEBBE Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• LINDA MANNO Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• LISA MCGUIRE Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARIBETH CASSELS Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• TIMOTHY CORLETT Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CLAUDIA SOHR Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ELISE CREEGAN Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• PATRICIA DACHILLE Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• PATRICIA DIMINNI District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• KATHERINE BRIBER District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• LEA MONACO District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• LISA PANARELLI Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CHRISTINE BLENX Wyoming School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• KARIN ODELL South Mountain School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• TAMMY THIELE Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARY WILEY Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ELIZABETH ROQUE-GAFFNEY Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CARMEN GUARINO Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• YVONNE OVALLE Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• JEFFREY KAYE Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• JILL RICCI Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CYNTHIA PARLAVECCHIO Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• BRIAN RAYMOND Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ALISON LEVITT District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CHRISTINE FINCKENOR Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• JENNIFER CICENIA Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CHRISTINA MCCAULEY Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• VIRGINIA DUESCHER Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• PATRICK LEDDY District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARY CHIBARO District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• DOUGLAS WEISBERGER District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• SARA AUGUST District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• KATHRYN MATTIS South Mountain School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MICHAL LINKER Wyoming School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CHRISTINA WATKINS South Mountain School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARIA LOIKITH Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CYNTHIA PERCARPIO Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• JUDITH GREENSTONE Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• EUGENE LOPES Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MERYL HELLER Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• JENNIFER NORD District Office MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• TERI SOLOMON Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARY PETRUZZIELLO Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• KATHLEEN FORTE Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• VICTORIA FLYNN Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• WILLIAM PURCELL Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• SHIRLEY LAZAR Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ROBERT BAUM Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MICHAEL ARTIGLIERE Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• SALVATORE FIORILLI Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• STACY DINNER Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• JULIE BERNHARDT Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• DONNA TUCCI Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• AMY GEDDIS Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• DARREN CHESTANG Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARK FRIEDRICH Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MICHELE RUGGERO Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• CATHERINE NASO Glenwood School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ANNALISA KENYON Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ELINORE BEGALA-GORDEN Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• KAREN VITALE Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• PAMELA ANNE PETERS Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• DEBORAH ZITOMER Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• ELENA BERENGER Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• LAURA GURTH Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $106,257
• MARC LOMBARDY Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $104,826
• AMII SPEAR Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $104,666
• JOHN PORGES Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $104,666
• JEANA DORING Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $104,666
• SHARON VAN BLIJDESTEIJN Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $104,666
• VICTORIA RAUDELUNAS Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• REBECCA NELSON Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• PAMELA BOCCIA Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• NICOLE PIAZZA Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• JOHN BRUS Millburn Middle School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• ANN MCKAY THOROMAN Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• CHRISTOPHER SCHILP Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• ALISON MAIDER Deerfield School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• KATHLEEN GILSENAN Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• MICHAEL PAUL Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• SARAH MCCARTHY-GIORDANO Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• DOLORES AVILA Wyoming School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• PHYLLIS JACOBS Hartshorn School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,666
• CARLA BROWN Millburn High School MILLBURN TWP ESSEX $100,533

5 to 9 years of experience:

• BRENDA CISTARO, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $124,669
• SCOTT RUDDY, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $106,257
• MICHELE ACITELLI, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $106,257
• BRIAN CHAPMAN, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $105,359
• LISA GOLDBERG, Glenwood School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $104,666
• MICHELLE CLARK, Deerfield School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $100,666

Less than two years experience:

• ERIN SMITH, Millburn Middle School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $106,257
• DAVID YURT, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $105,057
• CHRISTOPHER COOK, Millburn High School, MILLBURN TWP, ESSEX $100,666

In 2018-2019, the median salary for teachers totaled $68,985, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 1.6 percent higher than the previous year. Patch previously reported the complete list, for those looking to see other districts.

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

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