Nine out of 10 are on Long Island, and the top 30 are all in the New York metro area.
After 24 years at Commack's School District, retiring Superintendent James Feltman posted a letter on the internet saying he had much to be thankful for. You could say that again.
In the school year ending last June, Feltman walked away with $657,970.
That makes him the highest paid public school employee, in the entire state!
"My taxes are enough where some of his money should be coming back my way," said one resident.
When he retired, Feltman's contract allowed him to be paid for more than two decades worth of unused sick time.
But his actual salary last year was still $363,000.
If you live in his district, he's far from the only person making a bundle on your dime.
An assistant principal earned $310,000.
A language teacher earned $251,000.
By comparison, outgoing New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein made $250,000 last year to run the nation's largest school system of 1.1 million students.
Commack teaches just 7,700 students.
"Unless everyone gets together and says we're not going to take it anymore, this is what's going to happen," a resident said.
The numbers, were tabulated by the Empire Center for NYS Policy, and shows that 9 of the top 10 earners, and 30 of the top 50, work on Long Island.
As for number one, James Felting, he wasn't home Wednesday and doesn't seem to live a terribly lavish lifestyle.
"No he's living very modestly. If I was him I'd be out of here, I'd be living down in Palm Beach or something," said his neighbor, Tom Green.
Green says Felting has been traveling a lot since retiring.
In that online letter, he said he was leaving Commack with "many fond memories" and apparently, a very nice nest egg.
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100 Highest Paid School Employees in 2009-10
Rank Name School District Hire Date Salary
1 Feltman, James A Commack Union Free Schools 9/1/69 $657,970 2 Hankin, Carole Syosset Central Schools 12/1/75 $485,246 3 Saffer, Shelley Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free Schools 10/1/67 $462,084 4 Bonasera, Anthony J Mount Sinai Union Free Schools 4/17/72 $402,944 5 Yazurlo, Michael V Tuckahoe Union Free Schools 2/1/74 $387,804 6 Sirois, Herman A Levittown Union Free Schools 9/21/81 $369,254 7 Clark-Snead, Constance R Westbury Union Free Schools 7/1/99 $365,404 8 Grishman, Henry L Jericho Union Free Schools 9/1/67 $354,880 9 Streitman, Jeffrey B Syosset Central Schools 9/1/74 $353,368 10 Karnilow, Sheldon Half Hollow Hills Central Schools 9/1/68 $351,946 11 Bernstein, Marc F Valley Stream Central High School 6/30/73 $333,863 12 Holman, Evelyn B Bay Shore Union Free Schools 7/1/94 $328,561 13 Mac Naughton, Robert B Ramapo Central Schools 12/7/67 $322,359 14 Johnson, William H Rockville Centre Union Free Schools 12/1/79 $321,701 15 Shea, Thomas C South Huntington Union Free Schools 2/1/70 $318,137 16 Brown, Herb R Oceanside Union Free Schools 10/1/70 $316,196 17 James, Donald A Center Moriches Union Free Schools 9/8/92 $310,245 18 Bertolotti, Carol A Commack Union Free Schools 9/1/69 $310,117 19 Mc Gill, Michael V Scarsdale Union Free Schools 7/1/84 $310,060 20 Wool, Louis N Harrison Central Schools 9/1/81 $307,801 21 Morris, Jeffrey C Half Hollow Hills Central Schools 9/18/70 $306,222 22 Taddiken, Nancy L Edgemont at Greenburgh Central Schools 1/28/74 $300,953 23 Robertson, Ellen M Half Hollow Hills Central Schools 9/20/73 $299,087 24 Gordon, Geoffrey N Port Washington Union Free Schools 9/1/02 $297,644 25 Bixhorn, Gary D Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES 2/1/79 $293,300 26 Casciano, Paul William Floyd Union Free Schools 9/1/74 $290,917 27 Auriemma, Frank V Pearl River Union Free Schools 9/4/73 $289,728 28 Smith, Howard W UFSD of the Tarrytowns Union Free Schools 7/1/88 $287,526 29 Greenberg, Robert Long Beach City School District 3/1/70 $286,918 30 Hunderfund, Anna F Locust Valley Central Schools 9/3/74 $285,208 31 Omotani, Les M Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools 7/1/04 $285,000 32 Kuncham, Kishore Freeport Public Schools 8/14/89 $283,628 33 Meierdiercks, Warren A Sewanhaka Central Schools 9/1/74 $282,093 34 Marien, Joanne A Somers Central Schools 1/3/72 $281,033 35 Shine, Edward J Rye City School District 7/1/96 $280,280 36 Mustich, Peter J Rye Neck Union Free Schools 9/1/72 $280,101 37 Boyd-Bright, Maureen K Hicksville Public Schools 9/1/73 $277,866 38 Wills, Frances G Briarcliff Manor Union Free Schools 7/1/94 $276,607 39 Quattrone, David F Bronxville Union Free Schools 8/1/05 $276,333 40 Jones, Rosemary F Sayville Public Schools 10/1/69 $275,588 41 Fried, Paul R Mamaroneck Union Free Schools 9/1/72 $274,553 42 Connolly, Kenneth J Lakeland Central Schools 9/1/74 $270,000 43 Antonecchia, Donald A Pleasantville Union Free Schools 10/6/75 $269,270 44 Fitzsimons, John T Lawrence Union Free Schools 7/1/03 $268,909 45 Feirsen, Robert D Garden City Union Free Schools 5/1/78 $268,832 46 Cardillo, Charles S Manhasset Union Free Schools 9/2/75 $268,501 47 Ciuffo, Benjamin Jericho Union Free Schools 9/1/70 $268,268 48 Oustatcher, Ira E East Ramapo Central Schools 6/30/73 $267,702 49 Sullivan-Kriss, Patricia A Hauppauge Union Free Schools 5/28/74 $267,215 50 Organisciak, Richard E New Rochelle City School District 6/30/76 $267,004 51 Blau, Beth V West Islip Union Free Schools 10/1/71 $265,751 52 Sulc, Charles V Massapequa Public Schools 9/1/69 $264,605 53 Gualtieri, Raymond D East Hampton Union Free Schools 7/1/03 $264,335 54 Matusiak, Kathleen L Irvington Union Free Schools 7/11/04 $263,455 55 Carlisle, Donald K Port Chester-Rye Union Free Schools 7/1/96 $263,009 56 Pierorazio, Bernard P Yonkers Public Schools 9/12/74 $262,443 57 Melnick, Edward K North Shore Central Schools 7/1/87 $262,162 58 Melucci, Ranier W Merrick Union Free Schools 11/1/73 $262,024 59 Kiernan, Henry G Bellmore-Merrick Central Schools 10/1/05 $260,775 60 Finello, John J Huntington Union Free Schools 5/1/72 $260,430 61 Goodman, Amy J Greenburgh-Graham Union Free Schools 12/14/81 $259,971 62 Mc Cann, Daniel T Hendrick Hudson Central Schools 9/5/78 $259,097 63 Glassman, Phyllis Ossining Union Free Schools 9/1/71 $255,645 64 Fleishman, David A Chappaqua Central Schools 2/4/97 $255,270 65 Brenner, Daniel S Roslyn Public Schools 7/1/84 $255,000 66 Sawyer, Welton L Mount Vernon Public Schools 9/20/74 $254,945 67 Bierwirth II, John E Herricks Union Free Schools 3/1/74 $254,228 68 Feller, David S North Merrick Union Free Schools 9/1/80 $254,150 69 Hochman, Jere I Bedford Central Schools 7/1/08 $253,941 70 Bisso, Joyce M Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools 9/1/71 $253,719 71 Lison, Elizabeth J Valley Stream #13 Union Free Schools 9/1/73 $252,668 72 Taylor, Jacquelyn M Byram Hills at Armonk Central Schools 9/1/74 $252,135 73 Maher, John F Commack Union Free Schools 9/1/67 $251,323 74 Barbarino, Santo J Lynbrook Union Free Schools 9/15/80 $250,250 75 Khoury, Charles V Ardsley Union Free Schools 7/1/08 $249,955 76 Hickey, Robert L Hempstead Public Schools 10/26/77 $249,784 77 Brizard, Jean-Claude Rochester City School District 11/1/90 $248,520 78 McDermott, Marylou Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools 1/1/75 $248,401 79 Harrington, Phyllis S Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools 9/1/80 $247,952 80 Fale, Edward M Valley Stream #24 Union Free Schools 9/4/73 $247,741 81 Lorentz, John Farmingdale Union Free Schools 1/19/88 $247,431 82 Stark, William J Blind Brook-Rye Union Free Schools 6/30/73 $247,160 83 Wuest, William E Jericho Union Free Schools 9/3/74 $247,007 84 DeAngelo, Louis R East Meadow Union Free Schools 3/1/76 $246,992 85 Onofry, Craig T Dover Union Free Schools 9/1/78 $246,954 86 Price, Maryalice Pittsford Central Schools 9/5/73 $246,242 87 Mahoney, W M Carle Place Union Free Schools 7/1/95 $246,202 88 Annunziato, Anthony J Bayport-Blue Point Union Free Schools 9/1/85 $246,161 89 Weber, Peter J Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools 9/1/73 $245,090 90 Scricca, Diane B Riverhead Central Schools 6/30/76 $244,892 91 Silverstein, Mark K Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free Schools 9/1/75 $244,583 92 Lauro Jr, Dennis R Pelham Union Free Schools 9/1/66 $243,406 93 Gerold, Roberta A Middle Country Central Schools 12/9/74 $242,819 94 Napolitano, Ralph A Yorktown Central Schools 9/1/77 $241,788 95 Leunig, Charles A Copiague Union Free Schools 9/1/81 $240,746 96 Wilansky, Judith A Cold Spring Harbor Central Schools 9/17/81 $240,672 97 Aloise, Robert W North Babylon Union Free Schools 9/1/70 $239,657 98 Terranova, Marilyn C Eastchester Union Free Schools 9/1/81 $238,855 99 Sandbank, Janice Brewster Central Schools 10/1/69 $238,619 100 Sammis, Nancy C Jericho Union Free Schools 6/18/71 $238,302
Highest Average Pay - Professional Staff School
Rank School District Total Employees Average
1 Scarsdale Union Free Schools $58,907,240 526 $111,991 2 Bronxville Union Free Schools $19,470,345 200 $97,352 3 Jericho Union Free Schools $46,270,747 479 $96,599 4 Peekskill City School District $29,018,837 311 $93,308 5 Greenburgh Eleven Union Free Schools $8,096,113 87 $93,059 6 Yonkers Public Schools $222,336,134 2,398 $92,717 7 Byram Hills at Armonk Central Schools $28,777,410 311 $92,532 8 East Hampton Union Free Schools $24,018,266 261 $92,024 9 Fishers Island Union Free Schools $1,553,295 17 $91,370 10 Lawrence Union Free Schools $40,715,628 452 $90,079 11 Briarcliff Manor Union Free Schools $20,788,440 231 $89,993 12 Montauk Union Free Schools $5,300,827 59 $89,845 13 Hendrick Hudson Central Schools $29,189,840 325 $89,815 14 Edgemont at Greenburgh Central Schools $19,960,342 223 $89,508 15 Blind Brook-Rye Union Free Schools $17,102,848 192 $89,077 16 Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free Schools $45,081,349 514 $87,707 17 Pelham Union Free Schools $27,961,404 320 $87,379 18 Island Park Union Free Schools $10,104,155 116 $87,105 19 Mount Pleasant Central Schools $23,118,808 266 $86,913 20 Harrison Central Schools $43,365,701 501 $86,558 21 Hempstead Public Schools $62,837,603 735 $85,493 22 Lakeland Central Schools $58,810,942 688 $85,481 23 Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free Schools $17,442,177 205 $85,084 24 Sewanhaka Central Schools $73,745,221 867 $85,058 25 Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools $38,802,330 459 $84,537 26 Dobbs Ferry Union Free Schools $17,552,371 208 $84,386 27 Mamaroneck Union Free Schools $52,318,591 620 $84,385 28 Valley Stream #24 Union Free Schools $13,058,590 155 $84,249 29 Half Hollow Hills Central Schools $88,694,567 1,055 $84,071 30 Brewster Central Schools $34,611,438 412 $84,008 31 Mount Sinai Union Free Schools $22,234,471 265 $83,904 32 Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools $57,557,250 687 $83,781 33 Baldwin Union Free Schools $52,531,492 628 $83,649 34 Mineola Union Free Schools $35,976,706 431 $83,473 35 Carle Place Union Free Schools $19,612,967 235 $83,459 36 Valhalla Union Free Schools $17,177,208 206 $83,385 37 Oceanside Union Free Schools $62,610,208 751 $83,369 38 Chappaqua Central Schools $47,308,871 572 $82,708 39 Patchogue-Medford Union Free Schools $63,479,346 768 $82,655 40 Bellmore-Merrick Central Schools $57,444,355 695 $82,654 41 East Rockaway Union Free Schools $14,269,807 173 $82,484 42 New Rochelle City School District $98,746,669 1,200 $82,289 43 Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free Schools $7,628,212 93 $82,024 44 Rye City School District $30,136,677 368 $81,893 45 Bridgehampton Union Free Schools $4,168,890 51 $81,743 46 Valley Stream Central High School $45,813,040 562 $81,518 47 Seaford Public Schools $25,281,284 311 $81,290 48 Eastchester Union Free Schools $33,062,066 407 $81,234 49 Mount Vernon Public Schools $91,921,234 1,135 $80,988 50 Manhasset Union Free Schools $37,423,447 465 $80,481
