HRgate – the termination of John Caldecott – shows us that the school district has to be dragged to the transparency party.
As an option, we can always bring transparency to them. To start here is a partial list of the 2013 salaries for employees in the district, provided by transparentcalifornia.com. The numbers you see are the total of salaries and other compensation. The complete list can be viewed at:
http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2013/school-districts/orange/newport-mesa-unified/
A few of the people on this partial list no longer work for the district. The average salary on this partial list of 29 is $163,475.
PAUL H REED DEPUTY SUPT & CHIEF BUS OFFICI $336,655.93
FREDERICK NAVARRO SUPERINTENDENT $307,348.68
SUSAN G ASTARITA ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT $246,572.40
CHARLES D HINMAN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT $246,572.40 [QUIT]
JOHN RANDOLPH CALDECOTT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HR $245,037.40 [FIRED]
ANN LOUISE HUNTINGTONASST SUPT STUDT SUPT SVC $239,109.40
TIMOTHY H MARSHADMIN DIR, FAC SUPPORT SRVCS $203,352.46
ALAN J ENGARDDIRECTOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOG $189,241.46
JEFFERY S TRADER ADMINISTRATIVE DIR II FISCAL S $186,721.95
KURT SUHR DIRECTOR CE $184,802.23
STEVEN CHRISTOPHE MC LAUGHLIN DIRECTOR CE $184,515.26
NORA A ROQUE DIRECTOR CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL $183,777.21
JANE A GARLAND DIRECTOR CHILD WELFARE & ATTEN $182,753.46 [QUIT]
KAREN DE LACY KENDALL DIRECTOR CE $181,577.26
DENISE R KNUTSEN DIR ERLY CHILDHOD/ESY/DAY PROG $181,577.26
LAURA M BOSS DIRECTOR DISTRICT COMMUNICATIO $180,618.22
REBECCA L GOGEL DIRECTOR CE $180,434.51
JAMES R LAMOND DIRECTOR FACILITY PLAN/DESIGN $176,866.46
MICHAEL VOSSENDIR CAREER PATHWAYS&BUS PARTNE $176,756.49
GEORGE K KNIGHTS DIRECTOR CE $172,560.26
MAUREEN B COTTRELL DIRECTOR SPED RESOL/SUPT SVC $171,917.26
MARY C BARELA DIRECTOR CE $171,877.26
JOHN C DRAKE DIRECTOR CE $171,166.51
PARKER L MESLIN DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION $168,942.21
KAREN LOUISE BENTLEY COORDINATOR SPECIAL EDUCATION $165,988.26
MERRY A GRASSKA COORDINATOR SPECIAL EDUCATION $164,594.51
JENITH A MISHNE DIRECTOR CE $164,116.26
LORI A WILLIAMS COORDINATOR SPECIAL EDUCATION $163,375.26