These Warren Teachers Are Among Highest Paid In NJ

WARREN, NJ — Six-figure salaries are no longer uncommon for educators in New Jersey. Including in the Warren Township School District and Watchung Hills Regional School District where 28 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 Warren and Watchung Hills Regional teachers included on the list, and their statewide rankings, are:

3,640. SUZANNE FENSTEMAKER, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $106,410

4,607. KRISTIN CACCHIO, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,608. CHRISTOPHER GIBSON, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,609. SUSAN SHELDON, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,610. BRIAN BROWN, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,611. KATHY HAINES, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,612. MARY SOK, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,613. NANCY KOPPEL, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $104,450

4,997. SUSAN COOPER, Warren Middle School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $103,920

6,372. THOMAS LOEFFLER, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $102,490

6,424. PATTI PILLINGER, Angelo L. Tomaso School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $102,420

6,425. SHERI DESHIELDS, Central School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $102,420

6,426. ELLEN FRAUMANN, Central School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $102,420

6,427. NANCY BRAUNSTEIN, Woodland School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $102,420

6,428. CAROLYN MCCLOSKEY, Warren Middle School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $102,420

6,836. MICHAEL PORTER, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $101,935

6,837. MAURICE KIRCHOFER III, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $101,935

8,138. RAYMOND STRELECKI, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,139. MEGAN FINNERAN, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,140. JENNIFER BASINI, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,141. DARYN MOUNT, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,142. SALVATORE FAZZINO, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,143. VICTORIA HUBINGER, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,144. REBECCA THUNBERG, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,145. LILLIAN CHU, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $100,530

8,349. KATHLEEN HAYDU, Mt. Horeb School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $100,295

8,350. SUSAN LEONARD, Woodland School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $100,295

8,351. ROBERT HARTSHORN, Warren Middle School, WARREN TWP, SOMERSET $100,295

9,864. LAURA GOODSON, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $98,570

9,865. JACQUELYN GILLIAM, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $98,570

9,866. MARC CRISAFI, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $98,570

9,867. MATTHEW DELLIBOVI, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $98,570

9,868. DARRIN WOLSKO, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $98,570

9,869. JAMES CARDEN, Watchung Hills Regional High School, WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL, SOMERSET $98,570

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