$150K-Plus Salaries For Wayne Superintendent, Principals

WAYNE, NJ — More than 2,500 educational administrators in the state made salaries of $150,000 or more during the past school year, according to data Patch pulled. Several of them work in Wayne Township Public Schools.

Patch examined state data that includes pay for superintendents, principals and other employees in administrative positions. Out of roughly 8,400 people in New Jersey schools who fit the description, 2,556 of them made $150,000 or more.

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School-executive pay has been a controversial subject in both local school and district budgeting and state policy. Some of the state's highest-paid superintendents — especially those in more affluent districts — received generous pay increases in the past year, according to analysis from NJ Advance Media.

While administrative salaries are often a flashpoint for criticism in school policy, many districts struggled to maintain experienced superintendents when the position's pay was capped, according to a 2019 analysis from NJ Spotlight.

Here's a list of Wayne's highest-paid school administrators, where their pay ranks among educational leaders in the state, their position (or school), their years of service and their salaries:

• 46. MARK TOBACK, District Office, superintendent, 7, $238,049
• 303. WILLIAM MOFFITT, District Office, business administrator, 3, $195,598
• 460. DONNA REICHMAN, District Office, assistant superintendent of schools, 25, $187,386
• 599. KENNETH J PALCZEWSKI, Wayne Valley High School, 33, $182,474
• 599. MICHAEL REWICK, Wayne Hills High School, 23, $182,474
• 969. DAWN AUERBACH, District Office, director of elementary education, 23, $173,249
• 980. JACK LEONARD, George Washington Middle School, 9, $173,053
• 1055. ETHAN MAAYAN, James Fallon Elementary School, 29, $171,504
• 1098. DAVID AULENBACH, Anthony Wayne Middle School, 8, $170,504
• 1098. JOSE BLANKLEY-CELIS, Pines Lake Elementary School, 8, $170,504
• 1401. DANA SIR, District Office, director of student support services, 3, $165,695
• 1639. ROGER ROGALIN, Packanack Elementary School, 11, $161,774
• 1957. NECOLE JADICK, Theunis Dey Elementary School, 8, $157,314
• 1957. KEVIN SMILON, George Washington Middle School, 25, $157,294
• 2051. JOSEPH BORCHARD, District Office, director or technology, 9, $156,017
• 2105. DAVID J DROZJOCK, Wayne Valley High School, 6, $155,064
• 2149. CATHY GAYNOR, James Fallon Elementary School, 11, $154,816
• 2192. SCOT BURKHOLDER; District Office; assistant director of federal, state and special programs; 6; $154,414
• 2246. MATTHEW MIGNANELLI, District Office, director of secondary education, 11, $153,750
• 2399. DEBORA FOTI, Ryerson Elementary School, 23, $151,792
• 2475. JEFFREY WOJCIK, Randall Carter Elementary School, 8, $150,902

To view the entire statewide list, click here.