$3.5M In School Administration Salaries In East Brunswick

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Superintendent and principal salaries have increased state-wide, and according to data from the New Jersey Department of Education, East Brunswick residents paid over $3 million in salaries to the superintendent, principals and administrators in their school district last year.

More than 2,500 educational administrators in the state earned $150,000 or more during the previous school year, according to the recently-released data. That kind of pay is becoming more common for New Jersey school administrators.

Former Gov. Chris Christie implemented a $175,000 cap for superintendents in 2011. The Christie administration raised their maximum base pay to $191,584 in 2017. But Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law in 2019 that eliminates the cap for superintendent salaries but set guidelines for school-executive contracts to limit or standardize bonuses and other perks.

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

• VICTOR VALESKI, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 28, $261,000
• MICHAEL VINELLA, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick Township School District, 26, $189,262
• MICHAEL GASKELL, Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick Township School District, 24, $176,474
• MATTHEW HANAS, Churchill Jr High School, East Brunswick Township School District, 19, $163,869
• JOSEPH CSATARI, Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 25, $163,367
• CHERYL JONES, Memorial Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 22, $163,367
• RONALD LIEBERMAN, Bowne-Munro Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 30, $163,367
• THOMAS HUSAR, Central Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 20, $159,637
• LORETTA PAYETTE, Frost Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 34, $158,891
• ELIZABETH DUNN, Lawrence Brook Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 13, $158,145
• JO ANN CHMIELOWICZ, Irwin Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 21, $156,653
• CHRISTINE SCE, Chittick Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District, 20, $155,161
• BERNARDO GIULIANA, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 30, $205,412
• LOUIS FIGUEROA, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 32, $195,198
• JOYCE BOLEY, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 31, $194,584
• JOSEPH CROTCHFELT, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 19, $175,100
• DANIELLE HARDISH, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 25, $172,891
• NICOLE TIBBETTS, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 23, $165,915
• DANIELLE DININNO, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 23, $161,653
• KELLY BOND, District Office, East Brunswick Township School District, 20, $160,038

(With reporting from Josh Bakan, Patch Staff)

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