Hmmm... Didn't Obama-Duncan Say Charter Schools Were About "Innovation"?
"That's not what it looks like, Mrs. Mulwray." (Jack Nicholson to Faye Dunaway, CHINATOWN.)
>>>Top 16 NYC charter school executives earn more than Chancellor Dennis Walcott
Big paychecks are called 'outrageous' as New York City charter schools claim their students would face cuts if the schools are charged rent under a new mayor.
BY RACHEL MONAHAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Village Academies Network CEO Deborah Kenny, who earned $499,146 in the 2011-12 school year; David Levin of KIPP NY, who earns $395,350; and Eva Moskowitz, who reported earning $475,244 on the Success Academy Charter Schools’ tax forms, all draw bigger paychecks than Chancellor Dennis Walcott.
As charter schools cry poverty over the threat a new mayor might charge them rent, their bigwigs raked in the big bucks — with at least 16 earning more than the city schools chancellor.
The outsize paychecks have even ballooned, with the top three execs chalking up raises of at least $99,000 in four years’ time.
While Chancellor Dennis Walcott earns $212,614 for overseeing more than 1,600 public schools, Village Academies Network CEO Deborah Kenny, who founded just two schools, scored $499,146 — tax returns for the 2011-12 school year show.
“Charter schools should be able to pay rent if they can pay outrageous, almost blasphemous, amounts of money,” said Community Education Council 14 president Tesa Wilson.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/top-16-nyc-charter-school-execs-out-earn-chancellor-dennis-walcott-article-1.1497717#ixzz2jM1xtYYb
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