By John Mooney
State-appointed superintendent of NJ’s largest school district consistently hits majority of her targets
Newark school Superintendent Cami Anderson may be a polarizing figure among community and political leaders, but as far as her contract with the Christie administration to head up the state-operated district is concerned, it’s so far, so good.
Anderson’s first three-year contract in the district — which earns her an annual base salary of $247,500 — is set to expire this summer. And according to details released this past week by the administration, she continues to hit a majority of performance goals that have gained her tens of thousands of dollars in additional pay.
The administration said that Anderson received an extra $32,992 last year after she attained five of seven targets agreed to by the administration for her second year at the helm. The targets included both qualitative and quantitative measures, from new evaluation systems for principals to test score gains in individual schools.
The two targets she missed were both quantitative. She failed to show the gains in test scores and graduation rates that were the goals of her most intensive reform efforts.
New performance goals for Anderson for the current 2013-2014 school year are close to final agreement, according to officials in both the district and state yesterday, but her bonuses will not be determined for several more months. The tentative goals released by the state include a similar mix of qualitative and quantitative markers.
The release of Anderson’s performance bonuses and goals comes as questions mount over her status in the third year, and pressure has escalated over her reform plans and drawn intense fire from the community and politicians.
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