These Scotch Plains-Fanwood Teachers Are Among Highest Paid In NJ

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ — Six-figure salaries are no longer uncommon for educators in New Jersey. Including in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District where 39 teachers make more than $100,000 annually.

That is according to an annual list of teachers that make that amount and their exact salaries for 2018, a list the state Department of Education released recently. The list barely had any teachers on it more than a decade ago.

It's also 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.

In 2017-2018, the median salary for teachers totaled $67,812, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 2.5 percent higher than the previous year (see list below).

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood teachers included on the list, and their statewide rankings, are:

24. MICHAEL ABADIR, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $133,920

754. JUDY LASHER, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $115,173

755. ROBERT STEVENS, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $115,173

756. RAYMOND CIECWISZ, School One Elementary, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $115,173

757. PATRICIA SELBY, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $115,173

758. DAVID MULTER, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $115,173

759. LAURA KELK, J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $115,173

823. CAROLYN DIAMOND, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $114,729

1,280. JEFFREY KOEGEL, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $112,729

1,637. ANTHONY ARNO, Park Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $111,447

1,638. SUSAN BRADLEY, William J. McGinn Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $111,429

1,639. JOSEPH ROSKIN, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $111,429

1,640. MICHELLE EMANUEL, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $111,429

1,641. CHRISTOPHER MOFFITT, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $111,355

1,956. SONDRA CHERNOFF, William J. McGinn Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $110,355

1,957. ELLA GREENBERG, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $110,355

2,217. TERESA JOSLYN, School One Elementary, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $109,355

2,218. MARISA PUCCI, Evergreen Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $109,355

2,631. MARY JEAN MADDEN, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,632. DONNA LAURICELLA, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,633. DEBRA EVANS-SKAAR, Evergreen Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,634. JILL SLIVINSKI, School One Elementary, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,635. ANDREA WAVERKA, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,636. JOAN MARIE ROSEN, J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,637. PATRICIA KAVET, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,638. DIANA HATALA, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,216

2,769. DEBRA PINCUS, William J. McGinn Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,055

2,770. THOMAS BAYLOCK, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $108,055

4,538. LAURA SMOOT, School One Elementary, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,576

4,539. CHARLENE HALL, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,576

4,540. CAROL HUTCHISON, Evergreen Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,576

4,541. DOROTHY MILLER, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,576

4,542. JOY FLETCHER-OGUNYEMI, Park Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,576

4,543. ANDREA KARANIK, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,576

4,817. JOSEPH REO, School One Elementary, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $104,183

6,289. SUZANNE AGUERO, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $102,576

7,448. ANA CAGNASSOLA, Terrill Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $101,276

7,449. HEIDI GRISWOLD, J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $101,276

7,450. MARGARET BROWN, Park Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $101,276

8,895. DURAND THOMAS, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $99,745

9,761. KYLE BANGHART, Park Middle School, SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD REG, UNION $98,745

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