Youngstown school board keeps current principal salary range

YOUNGSTOWN — High-school principals in the city schools will continue to earn between $79,300 and $93,400 with the possibility of new candidates earning more through negotiation.

“I would ask you not to drop $12,000 into the laps of two people we already have,” Brenda Kimble, school board vice president, told Superintendent Connie Hathorn said at a special school board meeting today. “If you have to negotiate, come back to us.”

Last week, the school board rejected a resolution proposed by Hathorn to raise the high school principal salary schedule by $2,000 per step. That would make the range from $81,333 to $95,436 annually depending on years service and educational attainment.

Hathorn said the Youngstown Schools Academic Distress Commission directed him to make the salary schedule competitive in an effort to attract highly qualified candidates.

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