Here's a list of the 25 highest salaries for Gloucester schools staff. The information was obtained from the school system under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Daily Press.
Ben Kiser, superintendent – $146,261
Chuck Wagner, assistant superintendent for instruction – $118,623
Tony Beverage, Gloucester High School principal – $114,852
John Hutchinson, assistant superintendent for administrative services – $109,214
Mary Perhac, response to intervention coordinator – $101,240
Bambi Thompson, Botetourt Elementary school principal – $96,046
Joanne Wright, director of budget and finance – $95,637
Juanita Smith, director of human resources – $95,622
Rita Cargill-Brown, director of student services – $94,501
Frances Goforth, director of special education – $92,022
Paul McLean, supervisor of career and technical education – $86,100
Stephen Patton, director of food service -- $85,251
Ronald Harding, Naval science instructor – $81,037
Cathy Balderson, Petsworth Elementary school principal – $80,474
Mary Broderson, Achilles Elementary School principal – $80,474
Bryan Hartley, Peasley Middle School principal – $80,474
Jon Hatch, activities director – $79,362
Travis Burns, Page Middle School principal – $79,023
Craig Smith, coordinator of employee services – $77,804
Jim Brogan, director of technology – $77,644
Eileen Kersmarki, Bethel Elementary School principal – $77,644
Laquiche Parrott, Abingdon Elementary School principal – $77,105
Frances Dickinson, occupational therapist – $75,165
Matt Lord, director of school counseling – $73,000
Shirley Chirch, environmental health & safety manager – 72,741
Editor's note: An early version of this post gave an incorrect salary for Ramona Odom due to incorrect information from the Gloucester County Public School System. Her salary was inadvertently doubled.
