Caldwell County Schools pays its employees, on average, a few thousand dollars less than the school systems in Catawba County. The exception is the top position of Superintendent, in which Steve Stone earns $159,960 annually. That’s nearly $10,000 more than the highest paid superintendent in Catawba County.
Stone has served as the superintendent of Caldwell County Schools for five years, and has 31 years of education experience, said Libby Brown, community relations director for the school system. He previously worked as superintendent for Edgecombe County Public Schools in Tarboro, which had 7,500 students, before coming to Caldwell County Schools, which has 12,700 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. He also presides over almost 2,000 staff members.
The Hickory Daily Record has requested salaries from local governments and schools because they are paid with citizens’ tax dollars, and the public has a right to know what public employees’ salaries are for the services they provide.
The newspaper is unveiling the salary databases on its website every few weeks until they’re all listed. Caldwell County Schools’ salaries are available today on the website. Only employees who make $25,000 or more are included on the list. Caldwell County government salaries will be on the website on Friday.
The second and third highest-paid positions are the two associate superintendents. These positions are often receive high salaries in school systems. One, Caryl Burns, is in charge of the school system’s curriculum, while the other, Patricia Johnson, is in charge of human resources.
Assistant superintendent Jeffrey Church, who is also in charge of auxiliary services, places just out of the top 10, at No. 11, with a salary of $72,708.
Four principals also ranked in the top 10 for highest salaries. Three are high school principals, with two of them having salaries in the mid- to upper-$80,000, and the fourth is the only principal in the system to have a doctorate degree.
Many other people who are in the top 20 salary positions are principals and assistant principals. Just below that are two teachers who earn $64,750. Both of these teachers have their master’s degrees and are national board certified, Brown said. If you have your master’s degree, you get a 10 percent increase in pay. If you are national board certified, you receive a 12 percent increase.
Some of the lower-paid positions, which make between $25,000 and $30,000, are child nutrition managers, computer lab assistants, maintenance and office support personnel. This does not take into account the positions below $25,000 that are not included in the salary database.
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