Green Bay Area school district officials' pay under scrutiny

Patty Zarling

Michelle Langenfeld will earn $190,000 a year when she takes over as superintendent in mid-July, making her the highest paid school official in the greater Green Bay area.

That's about what the district would have paid former superintendent Greg Maass if he'd kept his post, Green Bay School Board officials say. Maass, who started a similar position in Massachusetts on Friday, collected roughly $188,000 in 2010-11.

Salaries and benefits for public workers have come under the microscope as governments search for ways to trim costs.

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A new state law requires all public employees to pay 5.8 percent of their salaries toward retirement benefits. Most public employees also are being asked to pay more for insurance to help balance the books.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 5, 2011 1:56 AM
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