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Christie sets sights on Parsippany school chief - NorthJersey.com

Christie sets sights on Parsippany school chief - NorthJersey.com
Christie sets sights on Parsippany school chief
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
THE RECORD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON — Governor Christie has lashed out at a northern New Jersey school superintendent for seeking to extend his contract before a salary cap ordered by the governor goes into effect.

Christie repeatedly singled out Parsippany Superintendent Lee Seitz by name at a town hall event Tuesday, calling him the "new poster boy for all that is wrong with the public school system."

Seitz is seeking a five-year contract extension that would see his annual salary rise to $234,065.

Under the new pay scale that starts Feb. 7, superintendents would earn up to