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The Board of Education has set aside $114,500 to cover merit-based raises ranging from 2 to 3.75 percent for senior Department of Education executives.
The board this week approved the recommended methodology for awarding increases for the DOE’s six assistant superintendents and 15 complex-area superintendents, pending annual performance evaluations, ongoing this week.
The raises, to take effect July 1, will be tied to the top three of five possible ratings:
>> A 2 percent increase for executives who attain a “fully meets expectations” rating. Department officials said the rate is essentially a cost-of-living increase, based on Hawaii’s consumer price index for 2016-17.
>> A 3 percent increase for any executive who “exceeds expectations.”
>> A 3.75 percent increase for “exceptional” executives.
The six assistant superintendents run central offices that oversee human resources, fiscal services, information technology, school facilities and support services, curriculum and instruction, and strategy and innovation. Complex-area superintendents oversee the state’s 15 school districts.
The board last year approved raises for the leadership team totaling $110,675, ranging from 2.4 to 4.15 percent. Barbara Krieg, assistant superintendent for HR, said this year’s percentages are less because the cost-of-living index went down.
The BOE is authorized by state law to set the salaries for these positions, not to exceed the superintendent’s. Outgoing schools Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi earns $200,000; incoming Superintendent Christina Kishimoto will be paid $240,000 annually.
Krieg said depending on the evaluations, salary ranges would increase to:
>> Assistant superintendents: $143,023 to $167,353.
>> Complex-area superintendents: $125,000 to $163,589.
By comparison, the top-paid school principal, a unionized position, earns $181,392, she said.
Krieg noted that the salary for the deputy superintendent would not be adjusted because the post is being filled on an interim basis.
Waipahu High Principal Keith Hayashi was named to the post after Stephen Schatz left for a position at the University of Hawaii in March. Hayashi has since been named interim superintendent for the transition month between Mayatoshi’s and Kishimoto’s terms.
Amy Kunz, senior assistant superintendent and chief financial officer, will serve as deputy superintendent during the interim.
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