How much do some private school heads earn? A bundle
Some heads of elite private schools in the greater Washington area and elsewhere in the country are earning more than a half-million dollars in combined salary and other perks, according to tax forms the schools file with the federal government. The head of an Alexandria boarding school earned more than $630,000 in 2009-10.
Most private schools are, of course, not elite and the people who run them don’t make anywhere near these kinds of salaries. Neither, on average, do public school superintendents.
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