BALTIMORE, Md. – Here’s an example of how administrative salaries in public school districts spiral out of control.

In the spring of 2016, the Baltimore County school board voted to give then Superintendent Dallas Dance a four-year contract with a four percent raise, increasing his annual base salary from $275,000 per year to $287,000 per year, according to the Baltimore Sun.

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One school board member explained that the superintendent’s raise was justifiable because the district’s teachers were receiving a four percent raise.

Then in January 2017, the superintendent proposed a district budget that included a two percent raise for all district employees, including the many other administrators in the district.

“The pay increase is part of a four-year plan to boost salaries for all full-time school employees, designed to make up for years when smaller or no raises were provided,” the Sun reported.

After taking a look at what the district’s administrators made in fiscal 2016-17, it’s hard to feel sorry for those folks or understand why they could possibly need a salary increase.

A total of 480 administrators were paid a combined $59,994,162 in base salary, for an average of $124,987.84.

Most of those administrators – 408 to be exact – made at least $100,000 in straight salary. And remember, that’s just base salary, without all the benefits and perks added in.

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The biggest of the big shots made huge money. They included the chief of staff ($222,283), the chief administrative and operations officer ($217,158), the chief accountability and chief human resources officers (each making $206,093), and the chief of organization effectiveness ($205,093).

There were 20 executive directors, ranging in salary from $197,204 to $184,775. There were two senior executive directors, making $191,183 and $190,183, respectively.

Then, of course, there was superintendent Dance, who made a very healthy base salary of $265,000. Dance was eventually forced to resign in the summer of 2017, due to his failure to disclose the six-figure side income he earned as a consultant while serving as superintendent, according to the Sun.

On top of all that, there were hundreds of administrators at the school building level also making very good money.

There were 272 assistant principals, ranging in salary from $87,676 to $143,626. There were 181 principals, ranging in salary from $108,715 to $171,041.

Whoever came up with the phrase “top-heavy administration” might have been visiting the Baltimore County school district.