$150K-Plus Salaries For Morristown Superintendent, Principals

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Superintendent and principal salaries have increased state-wide, and taxpayers in Morristown spent $1,797,558 on the superintendent and principals in their school district last year.

According to data from the New Jersey Department of Education, more than 2,500 educational administrators in the state earned $150,000 or more during the previous school year.

That kind of pay is becoming more common for New Jersey school administrators.

Former Governor Chris Christie set a salary cap of $175,000 for superintendents in 2011. However, in 2019, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation that eliminates that cap while establishing guidelines for school-executive contracts to limit or standardize bonuses and other perks.

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The list below contains the administrators, along with their school, years of service, and, finally, their salaries from this past school year:

• MARK MANNING, Morristown High School, Morris School District, 20, $178,804
• KELLY HARTE, District Office, Morris School District, 15, $175,210
• STANTON PENDERGRAST, District Office, Morris School District, 6, $167,500
• ERICA HARTMAN, District Office, Morris School District, 18, $167,493
• ANTHONY LO FRANCO, District Office, Morris School District, 12, $167,331
• CHESTER HORTON, Morristown High School, Morris School District, 29, $160,260
• LORA CLARK, District Office, Morris School District, 26, $158,992
• CRISTINA FRAZZANO, Thomas Jefferson School, Morris School District, 24, $157,546
• DEBORA ENGELFRIED, District Office, Morris School District, 14, $155,681
• JANET KELLMAN, Alfred Vail School, Morris School District, 19, $154,741
• JOSEPH UGLIALORO, Frelinghuysen Middle School, Morris School District, 6, $154,000

With reporting from Josh Bakan, Patch Staff