APS Questions Charter School Superintendent Salary
APS Raises More Questions About Charter Schools
POSTED: 9:07 pm MST March 11, 2010
UPDATED: 11:53 am MST March 12, 2010
UPDATED: 11:53 am MST March 12, 2010
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Scott Glasrud oversees three charter schools, Southwest Primary, La Luz Del Monte and Southwest Secondary.
According to reports, he oversees slightly fewer than 500 students and gets paid $204,000 per year.
Winston Brooks, superintendent of the Albuquerque Public School district, supervises 94,000 students and makes $256,000 per year.
"I think a $204,000 salary for 500 kids is absolutely outragous," said Marty Esquivel, president of APS school board.
Esquivel said this raises questions about accountability in the charter school system and questions who is overseeing the schools.
"They have charter boards that supposedly oversee the directors and principals, but are those boards really truly doing that," said Esquivel.
Action 7 News tried contacting Scott Glasrud but his secretary said he was unavailable for interviews Thursday.
Glasrud released a written statement and in it he said he made no apologies for his salary at each school, and that his job description includes all duties performed by a principal as well as those of a superintendent.
He also said if he was not performing those duties, someone else would have
