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New Schenectady superintendent to make $215k salary, approaching highest-paid district leaders in region | The Daily Gazette
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Schenectady City School District’s incoming superintendent Anibal Soler, Jr. will enter the district at a starting salary that will rank him among all but the highest-paid district leaders in the Capital Region.
With a starting salary of $215,000 under the contract unanimously approved by the school board last week, Soler is slated to earn a salary higher than all but three other district superintendents in the nearly 60 districts across seven Capital Region counties.
The superintendents at Shenendehowa, Ballston Spa and Troy school districts all top salaries of $215,000, but Soler is set to make a larger salary at Schenectady next year than Albany Superintendent Kaweeda James, who has led Albany schools since 2017, according to state data on administrator pay. (Since benefits packages range widely among superintendents, some superinte
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Schenectady school district introduces new superintendent | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY The City School District Board of Education unanimously approved Anibal Soler, Jr. as the next superintendent of schools at its first meeting with two new members on Wednesday.
The hiring of the former head of Batavia schools in Genesee County ended a 14-month process that included an initial search that failed to reach terms with the selected candidate, but ended with the right leader, according to outgoing board president John Foley.
“It is clear to all of us on the board that Mr. Soler possesses the characteristics that our community is seeking,” said Cathy Lewis, vice president of the board, at a press conference at the district’s Sayles School of Fine Arts before the meeting. “He is passionate about education and is experienced in urban education. He is an advocate for equity and recognizes the vital need for strong and rigorous curriculum. He has experi