3 Former Morris School Administrators Receiving $100K Annual Pensions

Another year, another former Morris School District employee added to the ever-growing list of retirees receiving a six-figure annual pension in New Jersey.

According to Watchdog NJ, which released its annual report on the number of retired public employees who are receiving at least $100,000 per year in pensions during retirement, three former Morris School District employees are on the list, up one from last year.

They include:

• Linda Murphy, receiving $110,313.72
• Anita Barber, receiving $101,442.24
• Thomas Ficarra, receiving $129,278.76

Ficarra is in his first year of retirement after leaving the district in October 2014. Ficarra was earning more than $216,000 annually as the superintendent of the school district.

Murphy is the former Morristown High School principal who retired in 2013. In 2012 she was switched from principal to a position in human resources and community engagement under a one-year contract with the district.

At the end of 2014, there were 1,988 retirees in New Jersey collecting state pensions of more than $100,000, the report said. In 2010, that total was just 971 retired employees, the report said.

The richest pension goes to former Jersey City school superintendent Charles Epps and former Essex County College president A.Z. Yamba, both tallying $195,000 annual payouts, watchdog.org reported.

See the full list of retired government employees with six-figure pension payouts here, and read the full Watchdog report here.

Pictured: Thomas Ficarra. Patch File Photo.

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