By Viktoria Sundqvist
Middletown Press
New Haven’s school superintendent — who oversees the third biggest district in the state — is only the 15th highest paid school chief in Connecticut, a recent comparison shows.
Reginald Mayo earns $226,921 per year for a district with almost 20,000 students. Split into a group of superintendents who oversee districts with 10,000 students or more, Mayo is still only the fifth highest paid with Hartford, Bridgeport, West Hartford and Norwalk school chiefs all making more money.

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By Viktoria Sundqvist

Middletown Press

Meal allowances, housing help, generous mileage reimbursements and bonuses of up to $30,000 a year are some perks Connecticut school superintendents get in addition to their annual salaries.
“It is important to treat superintendents in a manner consistent, as much as possible, with the treatment that chief executive officers receive in other fields,” said Joseph Cirasuolo, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents. “To do otherwise would make the task of finding qualified people who are interested in being superintendents even more difficult than it is at present.”

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