More than a dozen of the county’s 48 superintendents and community college presidents have decreased their pay over the past two years in response to the flailing economy, but their average salary still hovers around $190,000 per year.
Poway Superintendent John Collins, named to his position in July, took a 4.3 percent cut to his base salary immediately after beginning that job. He agreed to reduce his $235,000 annual salary by $10,000.
“We got to the point where we realized we would not be able to balance our budget without concessions from our employees,” Collins said.
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