Loudoun County taxpayers are now paying Superintendent Aaron Spence more than $500,000

...For instance, when Superintendent Aaron Spence joined the school system in 2023, his base salary was $375,000. A year later, in 2024, his pay jumped to $472,997. In June, the school board approved an increase in the deferred compensation for Spence to $32,500, and Spence’s proficient performance rating from the school board earned him a 6.5 percent increase in his salary this year, which brings his total earnings from LCPS to well over $500,000 in 2025...

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WTOP: What Montgomery Co.’s new superintendent is earning

As the leader of Maryland’s largest school district, newly appointed Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor is earning an annual salary of $360,000. That’s $40,000 more than that of his predecessor, Monifa McKnight...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/07/montgomery-co-s-new-superintendent-earing-360k-in-salary/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2fRhTYHhcULNKbI1IKHTFPTSLB2qD0k0KAfFIetvPiHkH-2RNA5a8kpm8_aem_oumanMKJuWWMzhAzq5MpBQ

@Project_Bmore Newly released data from the Maryland State Department of Education is revealing how much some of the state's highest ranking education officials are earning.

Newly released data from the Maryland State Department of Education is revealing how much some of the state's highest ranking education officials are earning.@FOXBaltimore @chrispapst pic.twitter.com/FbGZGIoKUP

— Project Baltimore (@Project_Bmore) October 29, 2023

Baltimore City Schools CEO earnings soars to $375,688 as student performance drops

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The head of Baltimore City Schools, Sonja Santelises, is now the highest-paid school leader in Maryland. Project Baltimore found as Santelises’ salary rose, student performance decreased.

July 1, 2016, was day one for Baltimore City Schools new CEO, Sonja Santelises...

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/baltimore-city-schools-ceo-earnings-soars-to-375688-as-student-performance-drops?fbclid=IwAR18BAicqCM8SFlqVrhtHeSJck9h6SqpDOzXT0lDhdUHoxQ7HScinLYONAc

Dr. Sonja Santelises is Maryland’s highest-paid school superintendent. In 2020, she earned $339,000.

BALTIMORE (WBFF) - The success of any school, and its students, is often measured by graduation rates. If that is the case, Baltimore City Public Schools is going in the wrong direction. Data just released shows, for the second year in a row, graduation rates in City Schools have dropped and the number of students graduating is at a six-year low.

Dr. Sonja Santelises is Maryland’s highest-paid school superintendent. In 2020, she earned $339,000. That same year, City Schools’ graduation rate, for the first time in six years, dropped below 70 percent...

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/baltimore-city-schools-graduation-rate-drops-to-six-year-low?fbclid=IwAR3v_BylKWANA095aiOgbuXZdg81wDte0Yrw0tmIPndE-BQyfn9JnEXh_es