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2022 Top Paid Educators in Albany County

2022 Top Paid Educators in Albany County

Data from extracted from SeeThroughNY. Titles aren’t available on SeeThroughNY for school districts but most are superintendents and business managers from some casual googling. But regardless it’s interesting to compare compensation between districts.

name total_pay subagency title rateofpay payyear paybasis branch
Albany City School District
Mc Kenna, Lori A $171,972.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Wilson, Cecily L $171,972.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Rohring, Kimberly J $165,431.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Bridgewater, Michele R $159,228.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Gaines-Harrell, Rosalind Z $159,199.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central Schools
Mundell, Timothy W $180,353.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Pitterson, Mark A $123,546.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Sloma, Susan A $114,712.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Landry, Annette D $113,300.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Galvin III, Thomas P $104,597.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Bethlehem Central Schools
Monroe, Jody L $198,668.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Hurst, David F $162,589.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Kloss, Katherine K $160,653.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Klugman, Michael D $158,662.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Kennelly-Johnston, Kathleen $153,805.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Guilderland Central Schools
Wiles, Marie T $215,661.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Sanders, Neil T $179,195.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Brabant, Peter J $150,746.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Piscitelli, Michael A $150,008.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Knowles, Lisa W $149,792.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
North Colonie Central Schools
Corr, Daniel J $213,966.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Skeals, Kathleen $206,130.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Hoot, Scott M $186,832.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Dineen, Brian P $170,233.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Lobdell, Candace H $169,693.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central Schools
Bailey, Brian A $174,056.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Jones, Hakim I $149,661.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Engelhardt Jr, Charles F $132,100.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Patierne, Lisa A $123,670.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Neubart, Debra A $115,970.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
South Colonie Central Schools
Perry, David J $223,763.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Robilotti, Christopher J $216,843.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Backus, Timothy P $191,175.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Penn, Jill A $168,001.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Fowler, Timothy C $161,110.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Voorheesville Central Schools
Macri, Francis L $168,800.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Sapienza, Joseph C $134,902.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Southard, James P $117,000.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Jantson, Christopher D $115,691.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools
Vivenzio, Jeffrey P $114,651.00 NYSTRS – Educator NDR NDR 2022 NDR Schools

Good Morning – February 18, 2022

Good morning! Happy 6 PM Dusk 🌆 !

Days are getting noticably longer now. But the brief break of warmer weather and rain seems to be just a memory as the mercury is quickly dropping.

Partly cloudy and 30 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Breezy, ️22 mph breeze from the northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 37 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 17. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️

Got 7,000 steps before work but it was cold out walking. 🚶‍♀️ Caught the earlier express downtown which was surprisingly on time. Maybe they fixed the issues with the school run before the bus or maybe the Albany schools are closed. Never knows these days with the COVID.

I don’t like the idea of waving college loans 🎓

I was hearing again on the radio that there is a movement to allow more students to waive or reduce their college loans for free. I think that’s a complete slap in the face to people like myself who didn’t rack up any debt in college but chose the lowest cost options when attending college.

The problem with waving college is that it’s both unfair and rewards wasteful spending. Why economize at college if the government is going to waive your costs it just away? I took a lot of steps to save in college – including attending Community College then a college I could commute to from home. When I attended SUNY Plattsburgh, I waived all optional fees that I could, bought the smallest meal plan I was allowed and parked on the street rather than pay the parking fee. I didn’t have my own laptop, instead I used the computer lab or typed up papers on my parents old typewriter (in 2006). I did work study and then worked down in Albany, taking off semesters and commuting from home.

I certainly support making college more affordable by increasing government support for public colleges and rewarding schools that stay within a spending cap with additional aid. Steps should be taken to make it easier for students to opt out of optional fees, and providing additional discounts for online classes that don’t require providing a physical plant such as a classroom with desks, heating and lighting. Larger class sizes are also possible online, saving on staffing costs.

Public colleges could reduce tuition and fees to an affordable couple thousands a year if they aggressively persued efficient online learning with a much smaller physical plant. While some classes and laboratories are best done in person, most universities have significant physical plant and they don’t have to be constantly upgrading. Colleges can make do with older buildings, older technologies and still provide a cost effective education to students.

Students that got into significant debt should be held accountable for their actions. Instead of bailing them out, we should focus on driving down college costs – not just by increased funding but also reduced spending at colleges.

Keeping an open mind

I’ve always believed that politics is like buying a car on the lot. You only get two choices, and neither one really suits you well. But you have to choose the one that suits you and your interests best. For me, I think that’s the Democrats in many cases. But I’ve owned Chryslers, Fords and Chevrolets so I’m hardly a partisan.

The left-wing of Democratic Party likes to rebrand itself as progressives, because being a liberal seems to imply that your just a big welfare spender. But they are in many ways progressive too – in the sense that Democrats are often open to new ideas and different cultures. Democrats have long been the party of International Government, the United Nations and Free but Fair Trade. They’re not afraid of different cultures, they’re openly embracing it. Democrats advocate for change, recognizing that some changes may be bad for certain groups like coal miners, but good for all people as we move to less polluting forms of energy. Democrats, when they push for clean energy, are also working to train people for the sustainable jobs of the future. Democrats generally advocate for strong worker protections, strong environmental protections, and good schools.

Now unlike some partisans, I’m not going to embrace what my party does good or bad. If I see my party doing something bad, I think it’s important to speak up. If the Republicans have a better solution to a problem – Democrats shouldn’t reject it just because they didn’t originate the idea. Indeed, much of the creative energy these days seems to be coming from the Republican Party – not because they have all good idea but because they’ve been out of power for eight years and most Democratic ideas have been around for sometime and many have already been tested.

I don’t think it’s wrong to support an idea just because President Donald Trump supports it. If it seems like he has a good idea, then we should all get behind it – Democrat or Republican. And if Donald Trump introduces a new idea or a new solution, we shouldn’t reject it automatically, just because he’s the de facto head of Republican Party. Supporting a good President Trump policy doesn’t mean your a Republican, but instead means yours supporting an idea that you think will move our country forward.

I also think people should do more to understand the other side of issues. It’s often hard to understand conservative positions on issues, being in Albany, NY where the liberal media dominates so much of our lives. Articulate conservative perspectives are generally unwelcome on local media, and even when they are invited to speak, their views are often dismissed by hosts and other guests.

In conclusion, while I support the Democratic Party, I don’t believe one should blindly follow any party you belong to. Question their orthodoxy, and it’s fine to cross party lines and vote for candidates that are closer to your views on issues. There is nothing wrong with taking liberal positions on some issues and conservative positions on others. Keeping an open mind is essential.

August is Coming Quickly

They call August the dog days of summer.🐶 It’s hard to disagree but in many ways it’s also the time when summer starts to close itself out.🏖

Usually during the end of July I post my classic essay, “Warning Summer is an Endangered Species” because it really is. By the end of July the sun sets before 8:30 PM in Albany, and the hottest days of the year are already passed by. 🌇 Swimming pools close in four weeks and Labor Day Weekend means schools re-open. I often are quite busy with work once September rolls back around. 🌄

Time is an unstoppable force. ⏲ It’s best to embrace every day as soon those great summer days will be gone.

Fancy Sububranites Should Pay More in Taxes

Few things annoy me more than the tacky poly vinyl chloride covered plywood McMansions located on Orchard Avenue as you drive out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center on the outskirts of Delmar and Albany which are eating away at the farm land and woodlands on the outskirts of town.

Some of those houses are for the rich but many are just upper middle class. Many have 1kW of solar panels on their roof (even if they use 20 times their output in a day), pantries stocked with organic food and frying pans made out of certified recycled steel. Many of those people would be horrified to shop at Walmart, although their bit trash can is always full despite ever so carefully washing out their milk bottles and tin cans.

I am quite fine with these people paying more in taxes. They complain about the high cost of tuition at private schools, maintaining their SUVs, the cost of groceries and utilities. But they have a lot more than a lot of us, I think they should pay their fair share. I’m fine with them taking away their fancy house’s mortgage deductions and SALT deduction. If you can afford to live so high on the hog then you should pay more.

Remembering the woman who dared challenge the machine

Churchill: Remembering the woman who dared challenge the machine

"In the early 1970s, the Democratic political machine still controlled Albany."

"But it never controlled Theresa Cooke."

"The Manning Boulevard housewife," as Cooke was dismissively called, had lived in Albany for only a few months before she began assailing corruption in the schools and at City Hall. She quickly became one of the machine's leading critics — a gadfly and reformer who even won countywide office."