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For the Record: Schools CEO salary
By: Sam Barnett / May 27, 2011
Even though Jean-Claude Brizard’s current annual salary puts him on the
low end of the market compared to other leaders of large urban school
districts, the fact that it is more than his predecessor is likely to
spur questions as he contends with a $720 million budget deficit. Even though Jean-Claude Brizard’s current annual salary puts him on the low end of the market compared to other leaders of large urban school districts, the fact that it is more than his predecessor is likely to spur questions as he contends with a $720 million budget deficit.
The School Board has yet to approve a final contract for Brizard, but his appointment Wednesday comes with a $250,000 annual salary that lasts through the end of June.
By that point, the board will likely have approved a longer-term contract
Brizard’s salary is a $15,000 raise from his annual earnings while superintendent of Rochester, New York schools, which has just 32,000 students compared to 400,000 in Chicago.
It’s also a $20,000 increase from the $230,000 earned by his predecessor, Ron Huberman.
Brizard could face some tough questions about that pay hike down the line, as he might seek significant salary concessions from the Chicago Teachers Union when the time comes to renegotiate the union’s contract with CPS.
However, Brizard will also earn less than many of his peers in other cities. Most urban district leaders pull in somewhere between $270,000 and $300,000 annually. In fact, when compared to the earnings of bosses at the other 10 largest urban districts in the country, Brizard’s salary ranks 9th.
Brizard’s actual earnings may come in below his base rate. Last year, CPS officials said Huberman actually made around $216,000 because of unpaid furlough and vacation days necessitated by the district’s budget shortfall. CPS spokesperson Ana Vargas said no decisions on furloughs have been made in Brizard’s case.
Other district leaders like Los Angeles superintendent John Deasy have recently taken pay cuts in the face of financial challenges.
For the Record: Schools CEO salary
not a good way to come in to such a huge urban district with so many many many problems. he will find that the money, if this indeed is ALL he will get, will not be worth it.
For the Record: Schools CEO salary
Are you kidding me? Brizard can get a $20,000 pay increase from Ron HuberBoy, yet other teachers are being labeled Do Not Hire and banned from ever working for CPS again to save money!
People, wake up and take this school board out of the hands of the corrupt Chicago city government!
For the Record: Schools CEO salary
I am so sick of CPS bringing in more people to take over of our Schools for more pay off the backs of our childrens.Do every one have to hvae more money to do the job.Please will you think about the future of our childrens first than money all the time.Money is the the main problem.CPS is a joke to me. Cathy LSC MEMBER Douglass High School. (CHILDREN FIRST) FOR GOD SAKE
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