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School Chief Makes More than $500,000

Carole Hankin, the superintendent of the Syosset Central School District, earns $506,322 a year – more than the President of the United States. Her salary, paid for by taxpayers, is compensation for running a tiny school district comprised of 10 schools and 6,687 students.

Hankin’s total compensation package makes here the highest paid school superintendent in New York. By comparison, the head of New York City’s school system, with more than one million students, only makes $250,000 a year – plus benefits.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to put a cap on extravagant school superintendent salaries. He’s pushing legislation that would cap superintendent pay outside New York City at $179,000.

That move has sparked outrage among union leaders – especially in Syosset.

“Why is he treating her with the disrespect one would expect from an attorney general to an evil-doer, instead of the respect due to a valued public servant?” union president Jeffrey Rozran told the New York Post.

Rozran teaches English in the Syosset school district. He makes $129,818.

According to the Post, Hankin’s top assistants make $382,383 and $238,221. As many as 37 other administrators take home as much as $201,000 in salaries. One gym teacher, the Post reported, hauled in $145,000.

And all of it is paid for by taxpayers – mostly through massive property taxes. A $962,000 home – would generate more than $23,000 in taxes. And many residents and taxpayer said they are fed up.

“It’s outrageous,” one parent told the Post. “My husband and I are physicians, and we can’t afford this lifestyle anymore. We’re thinking of selling the house.”
“Her salary is way, way out of whack,” resident Malvin Tarkin said of Hankin. “She lives like a queen.”

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7 Comments

  1. porchhound

    March 7, 2011 at 10:32 am

    Well this didn't happen overnight people…you keep voting these pro-Union clowns into office and what do you expect???

  2. Richard Kellar

    March 7, 2011 at 11:15 am

    This is just another example of Christie's problem in another State. The tax payers in all states should start looking at what an out of controll union group can do to a community with the help of an educational group. We need to stand with Gov. Walker , Christie and other Governors who want to fight for the tax payers. The unions use to fight Company's and now they fight the tax payers.

  3. LibsAreCommies

    March 7, 2011 at 11:54 am

    Gee, why would the teacher union care that an administrator's salary was being capped? A: Because they're all in cahoots.

  4. ew-3

    March 7, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    So how much is her pension going to cost ?
    God forbid, she should slip and go out on medical pension !

  5. Mike

    March 7, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Come on people, it's all for the children. Just dig a little deeper /sarc/
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  6. Tammy Terrell

    March 7, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    NY deserves the kind of representation it gets because it votes consistantly Democrat. Unions give to Democrats and Democrats enable the unions to prosper on the backs of the NY taxpayers. I would say NY needs a backbone and a Chris Christie or Scott Walker to fight for taxpayers for a change. It is inconceivable that ANY school official would make half a million a year! If I lived there, I would move.

  7. GrumpyGramma

    March 7, 2011 at 11:51 pm

    Sounds like that group of county officials in California that kept voting themselves big raises until the taxpayers finally raised enough hell to get the attention of the state. In this case, the school board is at fault and needs to fulfill their fiscal responsibilities and cut this gal loose.

    By the way, what are the academic accomplishments of this corporation?