The Echo

The News Journal has taken on financial transparency in Delaware, sifting through the state's fiscal records. Below are some CSD-related highlights. Check out the latest Journal story online at:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090531/NEWS02/905310368&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL



Delaware Technical & Community College President, Orlando George Jr., will make $455,000 this year. That's more than the President of the United States of America makes ($400,000.) And no one in the federal government is allowed to earn more in salary than the President.

How does George's salary, which comes from State Government funding, stack up in Delaware? Surely, our Governor is the highest paid ...

Governor Jack Markell ranks 25th in Delaware at $171,000.

Intermim Superintendent of the Christina School District, Freeman Williams, is #74 at $163,737. And yes, there are about 50 folks between the Gov. and the Interim Super, making $163 GRAND plus. (To put it in a clearer perspective: Colonial School District Superintendent, George Meney, comes in at #4 with $193,000.)


Marcia Lyles, incoming super of the CSD brings home $200,000+ in her current NY position. How do you negotiate a salary with someone when you are on the verge of an 8% cut for all state positions? This is not a dig at CSD, just a curious question that's been on my mind. Well, we'll know soon enough ... when the legislative session ends July 1st (yes, it's July first. At midnight on July 1st, the clocks in Legislative Hall are set back by a couple hours to give lawmakers more time to finish the session.)