If the love for their their job and $165,000 isn't enough, then let them go. Other states will follow our lead.

There is ABSOLUTELY no reason a superintendent with assistants and principals should be making more than the Governor of New Jersey .
Tell him to spend less time writing those long-winded letters on how to deal with our own children . I think we can figure that out on our own.
Enough is enough !

I strongly oppose the use of any tax dollars in connection with efforts to overturn the salary cap.

No taxpayer supported BOE administrative personnel resources, nor equipment (phone, copiers, paper, etc.), should be utilized in this endeavor.

I'm not necessarily advocating for a higher salary for our Super, but I do think it should be a local decision as opposed to a mandate from Trenton. Let them worry about managing the districts they control (Camden, Newark, Paterson, etc) and let us worry about our own district. For all our (minor) flaws, I think we can all agree that we are in much better shape than the inner city districts.
Good for the BOE! I wish them luck.

Dr Fishbein has done a tremendous job running our school system. He deserves every penny.

First off Dan is the Man. He has done a wonderful job. Gov Christie does not have the qualifications to be a school Superintendent. And last I looked the Football coach at Rutgers gets paid way more than Chris Christie.

Part of the issue is that the Superintendant salary cap was done without any context for the rest of the education compensation levels.

For example, Ridgewoods HS principal makes $176k, and the various elementary school principals make in the 150-163k range.

For these principals, what do they aspire to do next in their careers? Given the cap, if it were me, I would aspire to go elsewhere - meaning out of state, or in the same field but external to the imposed compensation caps.

Or, they could aspire to be the principal at North Bergen, who makes $228k.

(all of this info is publicly available)

Really, 165 isnt enough? i want my superintendent to hold that position because he or she is passionate about educating our youth, not someone who wants the position to become a millionaire.

Views by the BOE should 'not be limited in any form' that they feel is appropriate. That's their job. They are the ones elected to do so.

Any attempt to do so done by individuals should be communicated only to their individual BOE member in detail. Or at a public meeting.

I would rather see the board pursue options for alternative compensation as opposed to spending money on lawyers to fight this policy. Perhaps a housing allowance, additional 401k contributions, a company car, etc. might be able to make up the gap. It is hard to fight city hall even when you are city hall.

PS: the limitation was done by the Governor not the legislature.

Largest system in bergen county i would think deserves the pay.

Absolutely jp1. The superintendent of schools is the CEO of the system and deserves the pay. You have to live in lala land if you think $165k is enough.

He would also be eligible for additional money because the district has a HS, and, a bonus equal to 15% of his salary, or $25K, so the pay cut isn't as dramatic as the BOE portrays.

Ridgewood has a long history of hiring great people that are topping off their careers.
Same time Ridgewood passes up super people climbing up in their career in Ridgewood, who after being rejected, leave the system.
At last the State Cap should make the RBOE rethink and hire a super young energized person who will give them the usual 5 years before they move on.
BP

A living wage is a good thing but to run a business the size of Ridgewoods School system with the Benefits that go with it does not require a Quarter of a million dollar a year employee

Is that the most important item on their agenda that the BOE has to think about??? Well, perhaps the BOE should fix the descending national test score results that has been happening in Ridgewood and find out why our very highly compensated school administrators haven't fixed the descending scores and worry less about salary caps.

Hey Superintendant Daniel Fishbein, If you cannot afford to live in N.J. Move out and take
the THREE TRANSFORMERS that you had installed one foot from my driveway with you!
You know the ones that lght up the Astro Turf fields in the Flood Zone that have caused all
the Ridgewood tax payers So much Money. P.S. Hey superintendant were did the money
to pay for all of those Giant Stadium lights and electricty come from? Property Taxes!!

Paul: The word is superintendent. Also, it's "where did the money to..." NOT WERE.

RB, So upset that you did not read what I had to say. But thats O.C. oh I mean thats O.K.
Where did the money come from? Property Taxes??

The real estate agents are happy to hear this news. More people running for their financial lives and leaving town means more houses for sale.

the only Irony here is that Negative Salary movements force a Gut check on how high our Property taxes really are..great Town et al...Seems alot of effort was made on the Tax summary Mailer detailing how tough the cuts were -meanwhile the Police Salary increases were extreme for such a small Town.Mandated under contract etc etc.